Henry James1843–1916The quotations of
Henry James
American and British writer
1843–1916
11 quotes, most often on Life & Death.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
Hawthorne (1879), Ch. I: The Early Years.- “Greville Fane”, from The Real Thing: and Other Tales (1893)
- The Tragic Muse (1890), ch. IX
- The Portrait of a Lady (1881), Ch. XVI
- Confidence (1879), Ch. II
A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.
“Robert Louis Stevenson,” Century Magazine (April 1888)- Madame de Mauves (1874), Ch. V
- The Middle Years (1893)
- The Ambassadors (1903), Book V, ch. II
We were alone with the quiet day, and his little heart, dispossessed, had stopped.
The Turn of the Screw (1898), Chapter XXIVIn contextIf the child gives the effect another turn of the screw, what do you say to two children—?
The Turn of the Screw (1898), PrologueIn context
