Henry James Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.

  Henry James

  Book, Beer, Winning

  "The Art of Fiction" (1884)

• The women one meets - what are they but books one has already read? You're a library of the unknown, the uncut. Upon my word I've a subscription.

  Henry James

  Book, Library, Subscription

  Henry James (2006). “Novels, 1901-1902”, p.458, Library of America

• To say that she had a book is to say that her solitude did not press upon her; for her love of knowledge had a fertilizing quality and her imagination was strong. There was at this time, however, a want of lightness in her situation, which the arrival of an unexpected visitor did much to dispel.

  Henry James

  Strong, Book, Imagination

  Henry James (1994). “Henry James: selected works”, Random House Value Publishing

• To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text.

  Henry James

  Book, Reading, Read Between The Lines

  Henry James (2016). “Henry James: The Complete Novels [The Portrait of a Lady, The Ambassadors, The Golden Bowl, etc.] (Book House)”, p.928, Book House

• The artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself.

  Henry James

  Book, Artist, Pages

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