Alice James Quotes

Alice James — American Writer born on August 07, 1848, died on March 06, 1892

Alice James was an American 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... (wikipedia)

Though I have no productive worth, I have a certain value as an indestructible quantity.

How sick one gets of being 'good', how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours; embody selfishness.

One has a greater sense of degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.

I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty more.

You must remember that a woman, by nature, needs much less to feed upon than a man, a few emotions and she is satisfied.