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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“Must a name mean something? Alice asked doubtfully.
Of course it must, Humpty Dumpty said with a short laugh: my name means the shape I amand a good handsome shape it is, too. With a name like yours, you might be any shape, almost.”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (18321898)
“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”
—William James (18421910)