Henry James Quotes


Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them, and it is the infatuation, the devotion, the superstition of others that keeps them going. These others in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred are women.


Citations

James, Henry. Washington Square. Harper & Brothers, 1881, p. 45.

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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.