The young girl inspected her flounces and smoothed her ribbons again; and Waterborne presently risked an observation upon the beauty of the view. He was ceasing to be embarrassed, for he had begun to perceive that she was not in the least embarrassed herself.

— 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

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

To take what there is in life and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived, to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that; this, doubtless, is the right way to live.

— Henry James

True happiness we are told consists in getting out of one's self but the point is not only to get out you must stay out and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.

— Henry James

True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self; but the point is not only to get out - you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.

— Henry James

True happiness we are told consists in getting out of one's self. But the point is not only to get out you must stay out. And to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.

— Henry James

Try to be someone upon whom nothing is lost!

— Henry James

We must grant the artist his subject his idea his donnée: Our criticisms apply only to what he makes of it.

— Henry James

We trust to novels to train us in the practice of great indignation and great generosities.

— Henry James