Don’t try so much to form your character – it’s like trying to pull open a tight, tender young rose.
HENRY JAMESTry to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!
More Henry James Quotes
-
-
Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
HENRY JAMES -
There were several ways of understanding her: there was what she said, and there was what she meant, and there was something between the two, that was neither.
HENRY JAMES -
Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.
HENRY JAMES -
A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.
HENRY JAMES -
It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.
HENRY JAMES -
Never say you know the last word about any human heart.
HENRY JAMES -
Excellence does not require perfection.
HENRY JAMES -
Make the short story tremendously succinct – with a very short pulse or rhythm – and the closest selection of detail.
HENRY JAMES -
You wanted to look at life for yourself – but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish.
HENRY JAMES -
And remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.
HENRY JAMES -
It is difficult to speak adequately or justly of London. It is not a pleasant place; it is not agreeable, or cheerful, or easy, or exempt from reproach. It is only magnificent.
HENRY JAMES -
She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
HENRY JAMES -
If one is strong, one loves the more strongly.
HENRY JAMES -
We work in the dark — we do what we can — we give what we have.
HENRY JAMES -
I don’t care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.
HENRY JAMES