Henry James Quotes


I don’t think I pity her. She doesn’t strike me as a girl that suggests compassion. I think I envy her... I don’t know whether she is a gifted being, but she is a clever girl, with a strong will and a high temper. She has no idea of being bored...Very pretty indeed; but I don’t insist upon that. It’s her general air of being someone in particular that strikes me.


Citations

James, Henry. The Portrait of a Lady. Vol. 1, Macmillan and Co., 1881, p. 60.

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Henry James
Henry James
  • Born: April 15, 1843
  • Died: February 28, 1916
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer

Henry James OM (28 February 1916) was an American author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of Henry James Sr. and the brother of renowned philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.