Henry James Quotes

One doesn't defend one's god: one's god is in himself a defense.

Things are always different from what they might be.

Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.

To believe in a child is to believe in the Future.

Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.

I don't care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.

Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.

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

The visible world is but man turned inside out that he may be revealed to himself.

It's never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.

If you have work to do, don't wait to feel like it; set to work and you will feel like it.

It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life except for play games.

The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.

I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination.

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to.

if you are going to be pushed you had better jump.

She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.

Adjectives are the sugar of literature and adverbs the salt.

Never say you know the last word about any human heart.

Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.

I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.

Love has nothing to do with good reasons.

You must save what you can of your life; you mustn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.

Life is a predicament that precedes death.

Until you try, you don't know what you can't do.

Excellence does not require perfection.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.