Henry James

Love has nothing to do with good reasons.

Henry James

My envy’s not dangerous; it wouldn’t hurt a mouse.

Henry James

One is oneself a fine consequence.

Henry James

Summer afternoon – summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.

Henry James

The advantage, the luxury, as well as the torment and responsibility of the novelist, is that there is no limit to what he may attempt as an executant – no limit to his possible experiments, efforts, discoveries, successes.

Henry James

The effort really to see and really to represent is no idle business, in face of the constant force that makes for muddlement.

Henry James

The superiority of one man’s opinion over another’s is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman.

Henry James

There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

Henry James

Things are always different from what they might be.

Henry James

Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors.

Henry James