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Henry James: Quotes
- Animals
Cats and monkeys, monkeys and cats—all human life is there.: The Madonna of the Future
- Experience
Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue.: Partial Portraits
- Life
Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had?: The Ambassadors
- Seasons
Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
- The Self
There is no such thing as an isolated man or woman; we are each of us made up of a cluster of appurtenances. What do you call one's self? Where does it begin? Where does it end? It overflows into everything that belongs to us—and then it flows back again.: The Portrait of a Lady
- Writing and Writers
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.: Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne