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