Henry James Quotes

She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table. ~ The Ambassadors by Henry James The right time is ANY time that one is still so lucky as to have. ~ The Ambassadors by Henry James "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 by Henry James The place, with its gray sky and withered garlands, its bared spaces and scattered dead leaves, was like a theater after the performance--all strewn with crumpled playbills. ~ The Turn of the Screw by Henry James It was as if, at moments, we were perpetually coming into sight of subjects before which we must stop short, turning suddenly out of alleys that we perceived to be blind, closing with a little bang that made us look at each other--for, like all bangs, it was something louder than we had intended--the doors we had indiscreetly opened. ~ The Turn of the Screw by Henry James The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless, but except the obvious remark that it was gruesome, as, on Christmas Eve in an old house, a strange tale should essentially be. ~ The Turn of the Screw by Henry James