From the Quotation of the day mailing list, 2005-06-20:
"Towards the end of his days his horror of interfering, or seeming to interfere, with the freedom of others became so overpowering that it was a misery for him to suspect that the plans of his friends might be made with reference to himself." -- Theodora Bosanquet, from her essay "Henry James at Work".(submitted to the mailing list by Mike Krawchuk)