Henry Quotes

I am a man, not a movement, ” he said. “But if a movement is what it takes to end this war, then I will play my part.

But as we all know, rock ‘n’ roll will never die, and education too, as Henry Adams always sez, keeps going on forever.

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance

Freedom comes from taking responsibility

Wharton thought no one could have freedom, but James knew no one wanted freedom.

D'you think he would have thought ahead like that?" said Henry. "Assuredly, " said Will. "The man's a strategist." He tapped his temple. "Like me.

What do you mean Ronan's a magical entity? Is he a demon? Because this all makes sense if so.

Summer afternoon—summer afternoon

I think the most profound beauty is found in what our hearts love.

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.

A lake is a landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth's eye

The ethics of peace is liberal

The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy

Fantasy is unconstrained by truth.

No matter what life throws at you

Whatever your passion in life is

It is through the institution of families that children are brought up in an orderly manner

The greed of power drowns our ethics.

The American girl isn't ANY girl

The commonwealth is sick of their own choice

A trusted man doesn't flip-flop on where he stands. He says what he means and stand where he stands.He's not easily influenced by fear. He's influenced by destiny and will not be taken advantage of.

My mom told me once that Wyatt loved her the way a boy will love his mother, but I loved her the way an artist loves another. Jo taught me what that meant.

You know that you’re truly successful when you can afford to fail.

Camus and Henry waved to me from that muddy truck. They both wanted me to get over myself.So, this was me, getting over myself. And it was about time.

What I know about you, Henry, ” he said. “Is that you, as big as you are, know how to walk gently on this earth.

Hearing my brother’s words coming out of Henry, this stranger in a strange town, made me feel wild with all the loss—wild and wired with no place to put those feelings.

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.

I take it we're friends now, " Henry said. "We must be, " Gansey replied. "Jane says it should be so.""It should be so, " Blue agreed.

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts

We do it, Jackson, because compassion must be louder than pride.

Some people say readin too many books will stunt your growth.

I don't want everyone to like me

And you were always nothing but slime, Henry Wallace. Fancy trash

He has become a worm. That is what I am telling you.""I don't suppose it would be possible, " said Henry into the silence, "to, er, step on him?

Eggs, " said Henry dreamily, looking at his plate. "I do love eggs. I could eat them all day.

It wasn't that Henry was less of himself in English. He was less of himself out loud. His native language was thought.

It's too late to be studying Hebrew

For I chase but one hind, he says, one strange deer timid and wild, and she leads me off the paths that other men have trod, and by myself into the depths of the wood.

He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton

I was aware of Darwin's views fourteen years before I adopted them and I have done so solely and entirely from an independent study of the plants themselves.[Letter to W.H. Harvey]

The evolution of higher and of lower forms of life is as well and as soundly established as the eternal hills. It has long since ceased to be a theory

It is beautiful in a picture to wash the disciples’ feet

Life with trials hard may press me

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing

Where Norman Rockwell is the Artist for the man on the street, O'Henry is his author.

Wait, ” Quinn said. “There’s one more thing.” I turned around and raised an eyebrow. His eyes were wary and he lacked his usual confidence.“Go to the Winter Dance with me.

But Quinn held the fuzzy handcuffs in his hands, looking them over closely, and he smiled. “Oh, hey, did you want to keep these for when your invisible boyfriend returns from his fake vacation?

I turned my ear toward the door because I heard him breathing. When you’re alone and afraid, the simple sound of the steady in and out of air being drawn by another person is good medicine.

Henry held up his taco- formerly Vlad's- and grinned. " Little known fact, gentlemen. Tacos are the food of genius."pg248 Henry to Vlad & Joss

In my mind, I saw a string stretching from Henry’s heart at Quiet Waters to my heart. It was taut and it vibrated with Henry’s worries and fears and I felt them all.Deeply. I felt them all.