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The Portrait of a Lady

From the author of Daisy Miller, The Wings of the Dove, and The Golden Bowl . . . The heroine of this powerful novel, often considered James’s greatest work, is the spirited young American Isabel Archer. Blessed by natur

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“[She] is written in a foreign tongue.”

— Henry James, amazon.com

Tagged: not understanding someone, human differences, Relationships, understanding someone

“I’m yours for ever–for ever and ever. Here I stand; I’m as firm as a rock. If you’ll only trust me, how little you’ll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.”

— Henry James, amazon.com

Tagged: Relationship, couple, Romantic Feeling, love quotes

“It has made me better, loving you.”

— Henry James, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Loving You

“It has made me better, loving you.”

— Henry James, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Loving Someone

“Love has nothing to do with good reasons.”

— Henry James, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Reasons, romance

“Her imagination was by habit ridiculously active; when the door was not open it jumped out the window.”

— Henry James, amazon.com

Tagged: Imagination, Active, Creativity

“The real offence, as she ultimately perceived, was her having a mind of her own at all. Her mind was to be his — attached to his own like a small garden-plot to a deer-park.”

— Henry James, amazon.com

Tagged: Individuality, Independence, Own Mind, Dominance

“Things are always different than what they might be...If you wait for them to change, you will never do anything”

— Henry James, amazon.com

Tagged: Change, Things Change, Waiting

“And remember this, that if you've been hated, you've also been loved.”

— Henry James, amazon.com

Tagged: Hate, Love, Encouraging Thoughts

“She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.”

— Henry James, amazon.com

Tagged: Curiosity, Wonder, Life

“Her reputation for reading a great deal hung about her like the cloudy envelope of a goddess in an epic.”

— Henry James, amazon.com

Tagged: Reputation, Reading, Books, Knowledge

“I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.”

— Henry James, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, romance, Affectionate, Patience, Trust

“Do not mind anything anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything yourself.”

— Henry James, amazon.com

Tagged: Self-Worth, Don't Listen To Negativity, Encouraging, Calm Catalog

“And remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.”

— Henry James, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Encouragement, Hatred, Positivity

“And remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.”

— Henry James, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Passion, Hate