213 Quotes About Henry-james

But for a nice girl you do attract the most unnatural people.

Because she has seen for herself. I've told her nothing. She's a person who does see.

The days, whether lapsing or lingering, were a stiff reality; the suppression of anxiety was a thin idea; the taste of life itself was the taste of suspense.

We've played our dreadful game, and we've lost. We owe it to ourselves, we owe it to our feeling for ourselves and for each other, not to wait another day.

We shall be so right . . . that we shall be strong; we shall only wonder at our past fear. It will seem an ugly madness. It will seem a bad dream.

That's the least part of it—after it nothing will matter.

He saw her try, for a time, to appear to consider it; but he saw her also not consider it.

You look upset—you've certainly been tormented. You're not well.

I love you. It's because I love you that I'm here.