Alice James
Born
in New York, The United States
August 07, 1848
Died
March 06, 1892
Genre
More books by Alice James…
“If I can get on to my sofa and occupy myself for four hours, at intervals through the day, scribbling my notes, and able to read the books that belong to me, in that they clarify the density, and shape the formless mass within, life seems inconceivably rich...”
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“One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.”
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“What sense of superiority it gives one to escape reading some book which every one else is reading.”
― Alice James, her brothers--her journal
― Alice James, her brothers--her journal
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