Famous Henry James Quotes

  • She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering. – Henry James

    She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.– Henry James

  • Don’t underestimate the value of irony-”it is extremely valuable. – Henry James

    Don’t underestimate the value of irony-”it is extremely valuable.– Henry James

  • He was holding his breath so as not to inhale the odor of democracy. – Henry James

    He was holding his breath so as not to inhale the odor of democracy.– Henry James

  • ..her smile, which was her pretty feature, was never so pretty as when her sprightly phrase had a scratch lurking in it. – Henry James

    ..her smile, which was her pretty feature, was never so pretty as when her sprightly phrase had a scratch lurking in it.– Henry James

  • He himself was almost never bored, and there was no man with whom it would have been a greater mistake to suppose that silence meant displeasure. – Henry James

    He himself was almost never bored, and there was no man with whom it would have been a greater mistake to suppose that silence meant displeasure.– Henry James

  • It has not been a successful life.”No — it has only been a beautiful one. – Henry James

    It has not been a successful life.”No — it has only been a beautiful one.– Henry James

  • Cats and monkeys – monkeys and cats – all human life is there! – Henry James

    Cats and monkeys – monkeys and cats – all human life is there!– Henry James

  • It’s not my fate to give up–I know it can’t be. – Henry James

    It’s not my fate to give up–I know it can’t be.– Henry James

  • The news that Daisy Miller was surrounded by half a dozen wonderful mustaches checked Winterbourne’s impulse to go straightway to see her. – Henry James

    The news that Daisy Miller was surrounded by half a dozen wonderful mustaches checked Winterbourne’s impulse to go straightway to see her.– Henry James

  • The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times. – Henry James

    The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times.– Henry James