3 Henry James Quotes on Character

Henry James quotes on character

31. The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy. Consistency was in itself distinction, and what was talent but the art of being completely whatever it was that one happened to be?

37. She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table.

53. What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?