Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
Henry James
Diversity, Chaos, Life, Nature, Complexity
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More Henry James Quotes
“You’re capable of anything, you and Osmond. I don’t mean Osmond by himself, and I don’t mean you by yourself. But together you’re dangerous – like some chemical combination.” Henry James
Dangerous, Chemistry, Union, Power, Influence, Complexity
Henry James Dangerous, Chemistry, Union, Power, Influence, Complexity“Sometimes she went so far as to wish that she should find herself in a difficult position, so that she might have the pleasure of being as heroic as the occasion demanded.” Henry James
Heroic Desire, Challenging Pleasure, Desire, Pleasure, Challenging, Heroic
Henry James Heroic Desire, Challenging Pleasure, Desire, Pleasure, Challenging, Heroic“The note I wanted; that of the strange and sinister embroidered on the very type of the normal and easy.” Henry James
Unexpected, Complexity, Contrast, Oddity, Intrigue, Normal
Henry James Unexpected, Complexity, Contrast, Oddity, Intrigue, Normal“An unknown man in a lonely place is a permitted object of fear to a young woman privately bred.” Henry James
Lonely Places, Unfamiliar Faces, Permitted Fear, Social Dynamics, Cultural Norms, Private Upbringing
Henry James Lonely Places, Unfamiliar Faces, Permitted Fear, Social Dynamics, Cultural Norms, Private Upbringing“His absence from her for so many weeks had had such an effect upon him that his demands, his desires had grown; and only the night before, as his ship steamed, beneath summer stars, in sight of the Irish coast, he had felt all the force of his particular necessity.” Henry James
Longing Desire, Emotional Distance, Absence, Desire, Distance, Necessity
Henry James Longing Desire, Emotional Distance, Absence, Desire, Distance, Necessity“I welcomed the consciousness that I was charged with much to do, and I caused it to be known as well that, left thus to myself, I was quite remarkably firm.” Henry James
Responsibility, Leadership, Reflection, Independence, Strength, Determination
Henry James Responsibility, Leadership, Reflection, Independence, Strength, Determination“I recall this passage as the hour of its first fully coming over me that she was a beautiful liberal creature. I had seen her personality in glimpses and gleams, like a song sung in snatches, but now it was before me in a large rosy glow, as if it had been a full volume of sound. I heard the whole of the air, and it was sweet fresh music, which I was often to hum over. (Sir Edmund Orme)” Henry James
Beauty, Perception, Liberal, Personality, Music, Volume
Henry James Beauty, Perception, Liberal, Personality, Music, Volume“Ah, one doesn’t give up one’s country any more than one gives UP one’s grandmother. They’re both antecedent to choice – elements of one’s composition that are not to be eliminated.” Henry James
Unyielding Roots, National Bond, Roots, Bond, National, Unyielding
Henry James Unyielding Roots, National Bond, Roots, Bond, National, Unyielding“They had found themselves looking at each other straight, and for a longer time on end than was usual even at parties in galleries; but that, after all, would have been a small affair, if there hadn’t been something else with it. It wasn’t, in a word, simply that their eyes had met; other conscious organs, faculties, feelers had met as well.” Henry James
Interpersonal Connection, Emotional Intensity, Narrative Insight, Eye Contact, Reflection, Emotion
Henry James Interpersonal Connection, Emotional Intensity, Narrative Insight, Eye Contact, Reflection, Emotion“The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its secrets only to a really grasping imagination. To write well and worthily of American things one need even more than elsewhere to be a master.” Henry James
Literature, Imagination, Civilization, Nature, Mastery, Secrets
Henry James Literature, Imagination, Civilization, Nature, Mastery, Secrets“The “germ,” wherever gathered, has ever been for me, “the germ of a story,” and most of the stories strained to shape under my hand have sprung from a single small seed, a seed as remote and windblown as a casual hint.” Henry James
Creativity, Ideas, Origins, Stories, Reflection, Imagination
Henry James Creativity, Ideas, Origins, Stories, Reflection, Imagination“To live only to suffer – only to feel the injury of life repeated and enlarged – it seemed to her she was too valuable, too capable, for that.” Henry James
Emotional Struggles, Self-Worth, Resilience, Suffering, Reflection, Value
Henry James Emotional Struggles, Self-Worth, Resilience, Suffering, Reflection, Value“There are two kinds of taste in the appreciation of imaginative literature: the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste for emotions of recognition.” Henry James
Literary Experience, Reader Engagement, Artistry, Insight, Emotion
Henry James Literary Experience, Reader Engagement, Artistry, Insight, Emotion“It was all there, in short – it was what he wanted: it was Tremont Street, it was France, it was Lambinet. Moreover, he was freely walking about in it.” Henry James
Fulfillment, Exploration, Experience, Travel, Desire
Henry James Fulfillment, Exploration, Experience, Travel, Desire“And to ply them with that evil still, to keep up the work of demons, is what brings the others back.” Henry James
Demonic Work, Persistent Evil, Haunting Actions, Malevolent Forces, Sinister Influence, Moral Conflict
Henry James Demonic Work, Persistent Evil, Haunting Actions, Malevolent Forces, Sinister Influence, Moral Conflict“You will think you take generous views of her; but you will never begin to know through what a strange sea of feeling she passed before she accepted you.” Henry James
Emotional Complexity, Self-Discovery, Acceptance, Vulnerability, Growth, Understanding
Henry James Emotional Complexity, Self-Discovery, Acceptance, Vulnerability, Growth, Understanding“There may be unselfish natures, there may be disinterested feelings.” Henry James
Altruistic Feelings, Selfless Nature, Nature, Feelings, Selfless, Altruistic
Henry James Altruistic Feelings, Selfless Nature, Nature, Feelings, Selfless, Altruistic“If this was love, love had been overrated.” Henry James
Love, Expectations, Disillusionment, Emotions, Relationships, Reality
Henry James Love, Expectations, Disillusionment, Emotions, Relationships, Reality