Henry James Quotes
Henry James Quote of the day
The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.
Wharton thought no one could have freedom, but James knew no one wanted freedom.
Summer afternoon—summer afternoon
I have just read a long novel by Henry James. Much of it made me think of the priest condemned for a long space to confess nuns.
The truth is that James, like many other great writers and artists, had chosen his own loyalties and nationality. His true country, his home, was that of the imagination.
Henry James said there isn't any difference between "the English novel" and "the American novel" since there are only two kinds of novels at all, the good and the bad.