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

Source: Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady (1881).

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

Source: Henry James, Overheard by his nephew, Billy James, in 1902; quoted in Leon Edel, Henry James: A Life, vol V: The Master 1901-1916 (1972).