Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost! Henry James More Quotes by Henry James More Quotes From Henry James What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character? Henry James determinationinspirationalcharacter Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. Henry James summertimebeautiful Her imagination was by habit ridiculously active; when the door was not open it jumped out the window. Henry James i-hate-youimaginationdoors The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have. Henry James so-luckyright-timelucky The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting. Henry James winningbeerbook ...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. Henry James meritparistaste Life is a predicament which precedes death. Henry James judginginspirelife Of course what he most intensely dreams of is being taken out on walks, and the more you are able to indulge him the more will he adore you and the more all the latent beauty of his nature will come out. Henry James abletakendream I adore adverbs; they are the only qualifications I really much respect. Henry James adverbsadoreliterature The power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implication of things, to judge the whole piece by the pattern, the condition of feeling life, in general, so completely that you are well on your way to knowing any particular corner of it-this cluster of gifts may almost be said to constitute experience, and they occur in country and in town, and in the most differing stages of education. Henry James knowingjudgingcountry Don’t underestimate the value of irony—it is extremely valuable. Henry James ironyironicunderestimate To believe in a child is to believe in the Future. Henry James believechildren God's creature is one. He makes man, not men. His true creature is unitary and infinite, revealing himself, indeed, in every finite form, but compromised by none. Henry James infiniteformmen I mean that everything this afternoon has been too beautiful, and that perhaps everything together will never be so right again. I'm very glad therefore you've been a part of it. Henry James togetherbeautifulmean Any point of view is interesting that is a direct impression of life. You each have an impression colored by your individual conditions; make that into a picture, a picture framed by your own personal wisdom, your glimpse of the American world. Henry James glimpseviewsinteresting He is the same old sausage, fizzing and sputtering in his own grease. Henry James greasesausagesarcastic Love has nothing to do with good reasons. Henry James reason A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals. Henry James moralmannersmen She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy! Henry James lighthouserevolvingdarkness It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition. Henry James tourismliteraturehistory
