Henry James

To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one’s own.

Henry James

To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text.

Henry James

True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one’s self; but the point is not only to get out – you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.

Henry James

Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost.

Henry James

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

Henry James

We trust to novels to train us in the practice of great indignations and great generosity.

Henry James

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

Henry James

When I am wicked I am in high spirits.

Henry James

Women never dine alone. When they dine alone they don’t dine.

Henry James