Quotes by Henry James

“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.”

“He led, at this season, the most home-keeping, book-buying life, and Old French texts made his evenings dear to him.”

“Life — my dear madam, is the — er — predicament which precedes death.”