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Henry James Quotes


Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

We work n 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.

What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?

Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them, and it is the infatuation, the devotion, the superstition of others that keeps them going. These others in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred are women.