More quotes by Henry James

"She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS."
"Life is a predicament which precedes death."
"Obstacles are those frightening things you see when you take you eyes off your goal."
"We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art."
"Criticism talks a good deal of nonsense, but even its nonsense is a useful force. It keeps the question of art before the world, insists upon its importance."