Alice James

Alice James (August 7, 1848 – March 6, 1892) was a U.S. diarist. The only daughter of Henry James, Sr. and sister of psychologist and philosopher William James and novelist Henry James, she is known mainly for the posthumously published diary that she kept in her final years.

Read more about Alice James:  Life, Era of Hysteria, Opium Use, Diary, Relationship With William

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    The difficulty about all this dying, is that you can’t tell a fellow anything about it, so where does the fun come in?
    Alice James (1848–1892)

    Prejudices are useless. Call Los Angeles any dirty name you like—Six Suburbs in Search of a City, Paradise with a Lobotomy, anything—but the fact remains that you are already living in it before you get there.
    —Clive James (b. 1939)