Henry James Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Henry James quotes, Henry James sayings, and Henry James proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Florida...does beguile and gratify me—giving me my first and and last (evidently) sense of the tropics, or a peu pres, the sub tropics, and revealing to me blandness in nature of which I had no idea. Henry James
Summer afternoon— summer afternoon; the two most beautiful words in the English language. Henry James
Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity. Henry James
Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind. Henry James
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature. Henry James
She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering. Henry James
It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition. Henry James
However British you may be, I am more British still. Henry James
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature. Henry James