Was he in love with Gilbert Osmond’s wife, and if so what comfort did he expect to derive from it? If he was in love with Pansy he was not in love with her stepmother, and if he was in love with her stepmother he was not in love with Pansy.
Henry James
Love Triangle, Moral Dilemma, Emotional Conflict, Passion, Deception, Loyalty
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Reasoned | Anxiety Suppression | Uncertainty | Irrational | Guessing Intents | Cultural | Summer | Emotional Conflict | Human Purpose | Support | Forbidden Paths | Fictional Curiosity | Image | Persistence | Personal Desire | Independent Thinking | Social Expectations | Misunderstanding | Silent | Reason | More
More Henry James Quotes
“You’re a very nice girl, but I wish you’d flirt with me, and me only.” Henry James
Flirtation, Relationships, Desire, Attention, Emotion, Connection
Henry James Flirtation, Relationships, Desire, Attention, Emotion, Connection“We care what happens to people only in proportion as we know what people are.” Henry James
Empathy, Understanding, Connection, Care, Awareness, Depth
Henry James Empathy, Understanding, Connection, Care, Awareness, Depth“Well,” said Winterbourne, “when you deal with natives you must go by the custom of the place. Flirting is a purely American custom; it doesn’t exist here. So when you show yourself in public with Mr. Giovanelli, and without your mother – ” “Gracious!” Henry James
Culture, Tradition, Flirting, Custom, Appearance, Discretion
Henry James Culture, Tradition, Flirting, Custom, Appearance, Discretion“With all her love of knowledge she had a natural shrinking from raising curtains and looking into unlighted corners.” Henry James
Curiosity, Knowledge, Reflection, Fear, Experience, Mystery
Henry James Curiosity, Knowledge, Reflection, Fear, Experience, Mystery“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“Prettiness is terribly vulgar nowadays, and it is not every one that knows just the sort of ugliness that has chic.” Henry James
Aesthetics, Society, Contrast, Ugliness, Style, Reflection
Henry James Aesthetics, Society, Contrast, Ugliness, Style, Reflection“In art economy is always beauty.” Henry James
Artistic Economy, Beauty, Creativity, Economy, Visual, Struggle
Henry James Artistic Economy, Beauty, Creativity, Economy, Visual, Struggle“It must be added however that, thanks to his constant habit of shaking the bottle in which life handed him the wine of experience, he presently found the taste of the lees rising as usual into his draught.” Henry James
Experience, Reflection, Habit, Decision, Intuition, Struggle
Henry James Experience, Reflection, Habit, Decision, Intuition, Struggle“Love has nothing to do with good reasons.” Henry James
Love, Passion, Emotions, Irrational, Relationships, Desire
Henry James Love, Passion, Emotions, Irrational, Relationships, Desire“He is the same old sausage, fizzing and sputtering in his own grease.” Henry James
Stagnation, Predictability, Resilience, Humor, Identity, Self-awareness
Henry James Stagnation, Predictability, Resilience, Humor, Identity, Self-awareness“One never said the things one wanted – one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a lot of things one shouldn’t, simply from a sense that one had to say something.” Henry James
Missed Words, Overspoken Thoughts, Reflective Regret, Social Blunders, Personal Missteps, Communication Gap
Henry James Missed Words, Overspoken Thoughts, Reflective Regret, Social Blunders, Personal Missteps, Communication Gap“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“Was he in love with Gilbert Osmond’s wife, and if so what comfort did he expect to derive from it? If he was in love with Pansy he was not in love with her stepmother, and if he was in love with her stepmother he was not in love with Pansy.” Henry James
Love Triangle, Moral Dilemma, Emotional Conflict, Passion, Deception, Loyalty
Henry James Love Triangle, Moral Dilemma, Emotional Conflict, Passion, Deception, Loyalty“I recall my fleeting instants in Savannah as the taste of a cup charged to the brim.” Henry James
Fleeting Memory, Overflowing Taste, Memory, Taste, Overflowing, Fleeting
Henry James Fleeting Memory, Overflowing Taste, Memory, Taste, Overflowing, Fleeting“Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.” Henry James
Culinary Critique, Food Satire, Critique, Food, Satire, Culinary
Henry James Culinary Critique, Food Satire, Critique, Food, Satire, Culinary“It had been agreed between them that lighted candles at wayside inns, in strange countries amid mountain scenery, gave the evening meal a peculiar poetry.” Henry James
Experience, Beauty, Tradition, Atmosphere, Reflection, Connection
Henry James Experience, Beauty, Tradition, Atmosphere, Reflection, Connection“If the artist is necessarily sensitive, does that sensitiveness form in its essence a state constantly liable to shade off into the morbid? Does this liability, moreover, increase in proportion as the effort is great and the ambition intense?” Henry James
Artistic Sensitivity, Creative Challenges, Ambition Impact, Emotional Depth, Morbid Tendencies, Artistic Effort
Henry James Artistic Sensitivity, Creative Challenges, Ambition Impact, Emotional Depth, Morbid Tendencies, Artistic Effort“I have only to let myself go! So I have said all my life, yet I have never fully done it.” Henry James
Freedom, Restraint, Self-discovery, Liberation, Hesitation, Expression
Henry James Freedom, Restraint, Self-discovery, Liberation, Hesitation, Expression