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More Henry James Quotes
“One can’t judge till one’s forty; before that we’re too eager, too hard, too cruel, and in addition much too ignorant.”
Henry James
Judgment, Age, Wisdom, Experience, Growth, Understanding
Henry James Judgment, Age, Wisdom, Experience, Growth, Understanding“When once the gate is opened to self-torture, the whole army of fiends files in.” Henry James
Self-torture, Fiends, Agony, Descent, Darkness, Obsession
Henry James Self-torture, Fiends, Agony, Descent, Darkness, Obsession“We see our lives from our own point of view; that is the privilege of the weakest and humblest of us;.” Henry James
Self-Perspective, Privilege, Weakness, View, Humbleness, Reflection
Henry James Self-Perspective, Privilege, Weakness, View, Humbleness, Reflection“It’s her general air of being some one in particular that strikes me. Who is this rare creature, and what is she? Where did you find her, and how did you make her acquaintance?” Henry James
Unique Presence, Enigmatic Charm, Curiosity, Individuality, Magnetism
Henry James Unique Presence, Enigmatic Charm, Curiosity, Individuality, Magnetism“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
Subjective Experience, Personal Insight, Interpretation, Diversity, Emotion
Henry James Subjective Experience, Personal Insight, Interpretation, Diversity, Emotion“She certainly had been a fact of rapid growth; but the world was wide, each day was more and more a new lesson. There.” Henry James
Rapid Growth, Daily Lessons, Growth, Lessons, Daily, Rapid
Henry James Rapid Growth, Daily Lessons, Growth, Lessons, Daily, Rapid“He might have been a fine young man with a bad toothache; with the first even of his life.” Henry James
Struggles, Growth, Reflection, Pain, Development, Youth
Henry James Struggles, Growth, Reflection, Pain, Development, Youth“So it has come at last—the Distinguished Thing.” Henry James
Distinguished, Achievement, Glory, Recognition, Honour, Distinction
Henry James Distinguished, Achievement, Glory, Recognition, Honour, Distinction“There’s no way to do that, Miss Archer. I won’t say that if you refuse me you’ll kill me; I shall not die of it. But I shall do worse; I shall live to no purpose.” Henry James
Rejection, Pain, Purpose, Existence, Loneliness, Resilience
Henry James Rejection, Pain, Purpose, Existence, Loneliness, Resilience“Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue.” Henry James
Knowledge, Complexity, Sensibility, Reflection, Experience, Connection
Henry James Knowledge, Complexity, Sensibility, Reflection, Experience, Connection“The house of fiction has in short not one window, but a million—a number of possible windows not to be reckoned rather; every one of which has been pierced, or is still pierceable, in its vast front, by the need of the individual vision and by the pressure of the individual will.” Henry James
Fiction, Windows, Possibilities, Imagination, Creativity, Individuality
Henry James Fiction, Windows, Possibilities, Imagination, Creativity, Individuality“Summer afternoon — summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” Henry James
Summer Beauty, English Elegance, Summer, Elegance, English, Beauty
Henry James Summer Beauty, English Elegance, Summer, Elegance, English, Beauty“Here at present I felt afresh—for I had felt it again and again—how my equilibrium depended on the success of my rigid will, the will to shut my eyes as tight as possible to the truth that what I had to deal with was, revoltingly, against nature.” Henry James
Struggle, Resilience, Willpower, Truth, Conflict
Henry James Struggle, Resilience, Willpower, Truth, Conflict“It was the first time, in a manner, that I had known space and air and freedom, all the music of summer and all the mystery of nature.” Henry James
Freedom, Natural Beauty, Space, Music, Mystery, Summer
Henry James Freedom, Natural Beauty, Space, Music, Mystery, Summer“We work in the dark — we do what we can — we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.” Henry James
Creative Struggles, Artistic Madness, Work, Passion, Art, Struggles
Henry James Creative Struggles, Artistic Madness, Work, Passion, Art, Struggles“Feel, feel, I say – feel for all you’re worth, and even if it half kills you, for that is the only way to live.” Henry James
Emotional Expression, Vulnerability, Growth, Feeling, Living, Experience
Henry James Emotional Expression, Vulnerability, Growth, Feeling, Living, Experience“She lost herself in infinite dismay when she thought of the magnitude of his deception.” Henry James
Deception, Dismay, Betrayal, Truth, Confusion, Regret
Henry James Deception, Dismay, Betrayal, Truth, Confusion, Regret“It had come back to him simply that what he had been looking at all summer was a very rich and beautiful world, and that it had not all been made by sharp railroad men and stock-brokers.” Henry James
Natural Beauty, Reflection, Worldview, Reality, Richness, Summer
Henry James Natural Beauty, Reflection, Worldview, Reality, Richness, Summer