Henry James
Henry James
Henry James, OM15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American-born writer. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 April 1843
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
love remember hated
And remember this, that if you've been hated, you've also been loved.
reading epic envelopes
Her reputation for reading a great deal hung about her like the cloudy envelope of a goddess in an epic.
winning games play
It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games
winning games play
It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games
paris taste merit
...the great merit of the place is that one can arrange one's life here exactly as one pleases...there are facilities for every kind of habit and taste, and everything is accepted and understood.
long
I have lived too long in foreign parts
morning eye night
I've struck up a tremendous intimacy with Conte Alberto, and we literally can't live without each other. He is the first object my eyes greet in the morning, and the last at night.
girl imagination good-man
The girl had a certain nobleness of imagination, which rendered her a good many services and played her a great many tricks.
alive tradition
A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.
america dies
I could come back to America..to die..but never, never to live.
cousin your-cousin ought
I ought to tell you I'm probably your cousin.
marriage differences intimacy
All intimacies are based on differences.
reason
Love has nothing to do with good reasons.