If you haven’t had your life what have you had?
Henry James
Life Reflection, Missed Opportunities, Life, Had, Reflection, Opportunities
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More Henry James Quotes
“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“You know we great physicists never make an experiment without an 'assistant' - a humble individual who burns his fingers and stains his clothes in the cause of science, but whose interest in the problem is only indirect.” Henry James
Collaboration, Science, Reflection, Dedication, Humility, Progress
Henry James Collaboration, Science, Reflection, Dedication, Humility, Progress“Make (the reader) think the evil, make him think it for himself, and you are released from weak specifications. My values are positively all blanks, save so far as an excited horror, a promoted pity, a created expertness... proceed to read into them more or less fantastic figures.” Henry James
Reader, Evil, Speculation, Values, Horror, Imagination
Henry James Reader, Evil, Speculation, Values, Horror, Imagination“I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them.” Henry James
Introspection, People, Detachment, Complexity, Emotions, Understanding
Henry James Introspection, People, Detachment, Complexity, Emotions, Understanding“In such hours as this what have we to do with pain? That is not the deepest thing; there is something deeper.” Henry James
Pain, Depth, Emotion, Reflection, Insight, Existence
Henry James Pain, Depth, Emotion, Reflection, Insight, Existence“Her imagination was by habit ridiculously active; when the door was not open it jumped out the window.” Henry James
Imagination, Activity, Creativity, Habit, Freedom, Escape
Henry James Imagination, Activity, Creativity, Habit, Freedom, Escape“Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.” Henry James
Ideas, Forces, Power, Personality, History, Influence
Henry James Ideas, Forces, Power, Personality, History, Influence“It was the tragic part of happiness; one’s right was always made of the wrong of some one else.” Henry James
Paradox Of Joy, Moral Dilemma, Happiness, Loss, Fairness, Duality
Henry James Paradox Of Joy, Moral Dilemma, Happiness, Loss, Fairness, Duality“Her chief dread in life, at this period of her development, was that she would appear narrow minded; what she feared next afterwards was that she should be so.” Henry James
Social Pressure, Self-awareness, Reputation, Introspection, Complexity
Henry James Social Pressure, Self-awareness, Reputation, Introspection, Complexity“We please the people we don’t care for, we displease those we do!” Henry James
Social Dynamics, Companionship, Rejection, Acceptance, Rejection, Confusion
Henry James Social Dynamics, Companionship, Rejection, Acceptance, Rejection, Confusion“He is outside of everything, and an alien everywhere. He is an aesthetic solitary. His beautiful, light imagination is the wing that on the autumn evening just brushes the dusky window.” Henry James
Solitude, Creativity, Aesthetics, Imagination, Reflection, Experience
Henry James Solitude, Creativity, Aesthetics, Imagination, Reflection, Experience“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“To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text.” Henry James
Hidden Meaning, Text Analysis, Reading, Lines, Text, Meaning
Henry James Hidden Meaning, Text Analysis, Reading, Lines, Text, Meaning“She had her own way of doing all that she did, and this is the simplest description of a character which, although by no means without liberal motions, rarely succeeded in giving an impression of suavity.” Henry James
Personal Manner, Character Insight, Emotional Suavity, Approach, Manner, Success
Henry James Personal Manner, Character Insight, Emotional Suavity, Approach, Manner, Success“It isn’t a question of any beauty,’ said Maggie; ‘it’s only a question of the quantity of truth.’ ‘Oh the quantity of truth!’ the Prince richly though ambiguously murmured.” Henry James
Truth, Beauty, Perception, Philosophy, Dialogue, Depth
Henry James Truth, Beauty, Perception, Philosophy, Dialogue, Depth“Yes, you’ve something to hide. It’s none of my business – very true. But I love you,” said Caspar Goodwood.” Henry James
Secrets, Love, Passion, Desire, Confession, Intrigue
Henry James Secrets, Love, Passion, Desire, Confession, Intrigue“They might in short have represented any mystery they would; the point being predominantly that the key to the mystery, the key that could wind and unwind it without a snap of the spring, was there in her pocket – or rather, no doubt, clasped at this crisis in her hand and pressed, as she walked back and forth, to her breast.” Henry James
Enigmatic Power, Hidden Depth, Mystery, Control, Clarity
Henry James Enigmatic Power, Hidden Depth, Mystery, Control, Clarity