The girl had a certain nobleness of imagination, which rendered her a good many services and played her a great many tricks.
Henry JamesIf you have work to do, don't wait to feel like it; set to work and you will feel like it.
Henry JamesWe trust to novels to train us in the practice of great indignations and great generosity.
Henry JamesI had an excellent repast - the best repast possible - which consisted simply of boiled eggs and bread and butter. It was the quality of these simple ingredients that made the occasion memorable. The eggs were so good that I am ashamed to say how many of them I consumed ....It might seem that an egg which has succeeded in being fresh has done all that can be reasonably expected of it.
Henry James