Alice James

Alice James (7 August, 1848 - 6 March 1892) was a U.S. diarist, the sister of Henry James and William James. She is known primarily for the posthumously published diary she kept in the last years of her life.

Quotes

 * What sense of superiority it gives one to escape reading some book which every one else is reading.
 * As quoted in Alice James, Her Brothers — Her Journal (1934).


 * Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected.
 * As quoted in Alice James, Her Brothers — Her Journal (1934).