We must feel everything, everything we can. We are here for that.
Henry James
Emotional Depth, Human Purpose, Life Feeling, Soul Experience, Complete Awareness, Inner Living
Henry James’s Quotes On Topics
Invitation | Peril | Life Utilization | Historical Cycle | Recognition | Overflowing Taste | Complications | Harmony | Passionate Moment | Revenge | Radiant | Storybook | Magic | Blunt Practicality | Exploration | Lifelong Play | Independent Spirit | Solitude | Inevitability | Historical Charm | More
More Henry James Quotes
“I would give all I possess to get out of myself; but somehow, at the end, I find myself so vastly more interesting than nine tenths of the people I meet.” Henry James
Self-Fascination, Introspective Value, Fascination, Value, Self, Introspective
Henry James Self-Fascination, Introspective Value, Fascination, Value, Self, Introspective“His mind contained several millions of facts, packed too closely together for the light breeze of the imagination to draw through the mass.” Henry James
Information Overload, Knowledge, Imagination, Complexity, Thoughts, Reflection
Henry James Information Overload, Knowledge, Imagination, Complexity, Thoughts, Reflection“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“He valued life and literature equally for the light they threw upon each other; to his mind one implied the other; he was unable to conceive of them apart.” Henry James
Interconnectedness, Insight, Creativity, Life, Literature, Understanding
Henry James Interconnectedness, Insight, Creativity, Life, Literature, Understanding“Autobiography may be the preeminent kind of American expression.” Henry James
Narrative, Identity, Reflection, Truth, Heritage, Exploration
Henry James Narrative, Identity, Reflection, Truth, Heritage, Exploration“But if we may perish by cracks in things that we don’t know.” Henry James
Fragility, Ignorance, Vulnerability, Uncertainty, Awareness, Danger
Henry James Fragility, Ignorance, Vulnerability, Uncertainty, Awareness, Danger“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 was for the instant confounding and bottomless, for if he were innocent, what then on earth was I?” Henry James
Confusion, Innocence, Identity, Truth, Depth, Doubt
Henry James Confusion, Innocence, Identity, Truth, Depth, Doubt“You like excitement and emotion and change, you like remarkable sensations, whereas I go in for a holy calm, for sweet repose.” Henry James
Excitement, Emotion, Sensations, Calm, Repose, Contrast
Henry James Excitement, Emotion, Sensations, Calm, Repose, Contrast“People are free to find out the best and the worst of me!” Henry James
Open Vulnerability, Personal Truth, Free, People, Truth, Vulnerability
Henry James Open Vulnerability, Personal Truth, Free, People, Truth, Vulnerability“Though it might have its momentary alarms, paternity is not an exciting vocation.” Henry James
Fatherhood, Reflection, Responsibility, Stability, Experience, Reflection
Henry James Fatherhood, Reflection, Responsibility, Stability, Experience, Reflection“Pearls have such a magic that they suit every one.” Henry James
Pearls, Magic, Beauty, Charm, Versatility, Elegance
Henry James Pearls, Magic, Beauty, Charm, Versatility, Elegance“One is oneself a fine consequence.” Henry James
Self-Awareness, Confidence, Perspective, Consequence, Self, Awareness
Henry James Self-Awareness, Confidence, Perspective, Consequence, Self, Awareness“If you’re ever bored, take my advice and get married. Your wife, indeed, may bore you in that case, but you’ll never bore yourself.” Henry James
Marriage, Boredom, Companionship, Advice, Relationship, Self-awareness
Henry James Marriage, Boredom, Companionship, Advice, Relationship, Self-awareness“God’s creature is one. He makes man, not men. His true creature is unitary and infinite, revealing himself, indeed, in every finite form, but compromised by none.” Henry James
Divine Unity, Infinite Creation, God’s Essence, Spiritual Truth, Human Oneness, Eternal Forms
Henry James Divine Unity, Infinite Creation, God’s Essence, Spiritual Truth, Human Oneness, Eternal Forms“There are two kinds of taste, the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste for emotions of recognition.” Henry James
Taste, Emotions, Recognition, Surprise, Perception, Experience
Henry James Taste, Emotions, Recognition, Surprise, Perception, Experience“I call people rich when they’re able to meet the requirements of their imagination.” Henry James
Richness, Imagination, Creativity, Fulfillment, Success, Desires
Henry James Richness, Imagination, Creativity, Fulfillment, Success, Desires“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“There’s no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.” Henry James
Miscommunication, Connection, Complexity, Unity, Confusion, Disagreement
Henry James Miscommunication, Connection, Complexity, Unity, Confusion, Disagreement“He was an awkward mixture of strong moral impulse and restless aesthetic curiosity, and yet he would have made a most ineffective reformer and a very indifferent artist. It seemed to him that the glow of happiness must be found either in action, of some immensely solid kind, on behalf of an idea, or in producing a masterpiece in one of the arts.” Henry James
Morality, Creativity, Reflection, Struggle, Art, Happiness
Henry James Morality, Creativity, Reflection, Struggle, Art, Happiness