Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. – Henry James
Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. – Henry James
I think I dont regret a single excess of my responsive youth – I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didnt embrace. – Henry James
Experience was to be taken as showing that one might get a five-pound note as one got a light for a cigarette; but one had to check the friendly impulse to ask for it in the same way. – Henry James