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Edith Wharton quotes: And for a long while they stood side by side without speaking, each seeing the other in every line of the landscape. And for a long while they stood side by side without speaking, each seeing the other in every line of the landscape.
Edith Wharton quotes: ...she was like a disembodied spirit who took up a great deal of room ...she was like a disembodied spirit who took up a great deal of room
Edith Wharton quotes: His heart beat with awe: he felt that he had never before beheld love visible. His heart beat with awe: he felt that he had never before beheld love visible.
Edith Wharton quotes: And of what account was anybody's past, in the huge kaleidoscope where all the social atoms spun around on the same plane? And of what account was anybody's past, in the huge kaleidoscope where all the social atoms spun around on the same plane?
Edith Wharton quotes: Ah no, he did not want May to have that kind of innocence that seals the mind against imagination and the heart against experience. Ah no, he did not want May to have that kind of innocence that seals the mind against imagination and the heart against experience.
Edith Wharton quotes: In every heart there should be one grief that is like a well in the desert. In every heart there should be one grief that is like a well in the desert.
Edith Wharton quotes: One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are. One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.
Edith Wharton quotes: It is almost as stupid to let your clothes betray that you know you are ugly as to have them proclaim that you think you are beautiful. It is almost as stupid to let your clothes betray that you know you are ugly as to have them proclaim that you think you are beautiful.
Edith Wharton quotes: We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we? We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?
Edith Wharton quotes: Women never learn to dispense with the sentimental motive in their judgments of men. Women never learn to dispense with the sentimental motive in their judgments of men.
Edith Wharton quotes: They had never been at peace together, they two; and now he felt himself drawn downward into the strange mysterious depths of her tranquillity. They had never been at peace together, they two; and now he felt himself drawn downward into the strange mysterious depths of her tranquillity.
Edith Wharton quotes: Naturalness is not always consonant with taste. Naturalness is not always consonant with taste.
Edith Wharton quotes: I'm afraid I'm an incorrigible life-lover, life-wonderer, and adventurer. I'm afraid I'm an incorrigible life-lover, life-wonderer, and adventurer.
Edith Wharton quotes: Ah, he would take her beyondbeyond the ugliness, the pettiness, the attrition and corrosion of her soul. Ah, he would take her beyond
beyond the ugliness, the pettiness, the attrition and corrosion of her soul.
Edith Wharton quotes: Everything about her was warm and soft and scented; even the stains of her grief became her as raindrops do the beaten rose. Everything about her was warm and soft and scented; even the stains of her grief became her as raindrops do the beaten rose.
Edith Wharton quotes: And wondering where he had read that clever liars give details, but that the cleverest do not. And wondering where he had read that clever liars give details, but that the cleverest do not.
Edith Wharton quotes: It seems stupid to have discovered America only to make it into a copy of another country. It seems stupid to have discovered America only to make it into a copy of another country.
Edith Wharton quotes: He was the kind of man who brings a sour mouth to the eating of the sweetest apple. He was the kind of man who brings a sour mouth to the eating of the sweetest apple.
Edith Wharton quotes: He was as inexpressive as he is to-day, and yet oddly obtrusive: one of those uncomfortable presences whose silence is an interruption. He was as inexpressive as he is to-day, and yet oddly obtrusive: one of those uncomfortable presences whose silence is an interruption.
Edith Wharton quotes: Does no one want to know the truth here, Mr. Archer? The real loneliness is living among all these kind of people who only ask one to pretend! Does no one want to know the truth here, Mr. Archer? The real loneliness is living among all these kind of people who only ask one to pretend!
Edith Wharton quotes: But you'll get it back-you'll get it all back, with your face... But you'll get it back-you'll get it all back, with your face...
Edith Wharton quotes: But we're so different, you know: she likes being good and I like being happy. But we're so different, you know: she likes being good and I like being happy.
Edith Wharton quotes: And how can anyone give you happiness who hasn't got it himself? And how can anyone give you happiness who hasn't got it himself?
Edith Wharton quotes: My last page is always latent in my first; but the intervening windings of the way become clear only as I write. My last page is always latent in my first; but the intervening windings of the way become clear only as I write.
Edith Wharton quotes: Meanwhile everything matters - that concerns you. Meanwhile everything matters - that concerns you.
Edith Wharton quotes: [B]ut he had lived in a world in which, as he said, no one who loved ideas need hunger mentally. [B]ut he had lived in a world in which, as he said, no one who loved ideas need hunger mentally.
Edith Wharton quotes: When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it doesn't take half as long to say. When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it doesn't take half as long to say.
Edith Wharton quotes: To begin with, I hate these new-fangled intermediate meals. Why can't people eat enough at luncheon to last till dinner? To begin with, I hate these new-fangled intermediate meals. Why can't people eat enough at luncheon to last till dinner?
Edith Wharton quotes: Her failure was a useful preliminary to success. Her failure was a useful preliminary to success.
Edith Wharton quotes: She had several times been in love with fortunes or careers, but only once with a man. She had several times been in love with fortunes or careers, but only once with a man.
Edith Wharton quotes: After all there was good in the old ways ... there was good in the new order too. After all there was good in the old ways ... there was good in the new order too.
Edith Wharton quotes: His days were full and they were filled decently, he supposed it was all a man ought to ask. Something he knew he had missed: the flower of life. His days were full and they were filled decently, he supposed it was all a man ought to ask. Something he knew he had missed: the flower of life.
Edith Wharton quotes: Is there nowhere in an American house where one may be by one's self? Is there nowhere in an American house where one may be by one's self?
Edith Wharton quotes: And you'll sit beside me, and we'll look, not at visions, but at realities. And you'll sit beside me, and we'll look, not at visions, but at realities.
Edith Wharton quotes: She always paid for her rare indiscretions by a violent reaction of prudence. She always paid for her rare indiscretions by a violent reaction of prudence.
Edith Wharton quotes: Caprice is as ruinous as routine. Caprice is as ruinous as routine.
Edith Wharton quotes: There are two ways to spread happiness; either be the light who shines it or be the mirror who reflects it. There are two ways to spread happiness; either be the light who shines it or be the mirror who reflects it.
Edith Wharton quotes: and strolled into the other room. and strolled into the other room.
Edith Wharton quotes: Don't they always go from bad to worse? There's no turning back--yourold self rejects you, and shuts you out. ~Lilly Bart Don't they always go from bad to worse? There's no turning back--your
old self rejects you, and shuts you out. ~Lilly Bart
Edith Wharton quotes: She had always thought of love as something confused and furtive, and he made it as bright and open as the summer air. She had always thought of love as something confused and furtive, and he made it as bright and open as the summer air.
Edith Wharton quotes: A woman is asked out as much for her clothes as for herself A woman is asked out as much for her clothes as for herself
Edith Wharton quotes: Genius is of small use to a woman who does not know how to do her hair. Genius is of small use to a woman who does not know how to do her hair.
Edith Wharton quotes: Rich and idle and ornamental societies must produce many more such situations; Rich and idle and ornamental societies must produce many more such situations;
Edith Wharton quotes: He had the kind of character in which prudence is a vice, and good advice the most dangerous nourishment. He had the kind of character in which prudence is a vice, and good advice the most dangerous nourishment.
Edith Wharton quotes: Society soon grows used to any state of things which is imposed upon it without explanation. Society soon grows used to any state of things which is imposed upon it without explanation.
Edith Wharton quotes: The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it. The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
Edith Wharton quotes: Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any. Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any.
Edith Wharton quotes: The only thing to do is to hug one's friends tight and do one's job. The only thing to do is to hug one's friends tight and do one's job.
Edith Wharton quotes: Two ways to be a light for all, is to be a flaming candle or the mirror that reflects it Two ways to be a light for all, is to be a flaming candle or the mirror that reflects it
Edith Wharton quotes: True originality consists not in a new manner, but in a new vision. True originality consists not in a new manner, but in a new vision.
Edith Wharton quotes: I want to put my hand out and touch you. I want to do for you and care for you. I want to be there when you're sick and when I want to put my hand out and touch you. I want to do for you and care for you. I want to be there when you're sick and when you're lonesome.
Edith Wharton quotes: imagination WAS the eagle that devoured Prometheus! imagination WAS the eagle that devoured Prometheus!
Edith Wharton quotes: Folly is as often justified of her children as wisdom. Folly is as often justified of her children as wisdom.
Edith Wharton quotes: - he could do charming things, if only he had known how to finish them! - he could do charming things, if only he had known how to finish them!
Edith Wharton quotes: Life's just a perpetual piecing together of broken bits. Life's just a perpetual piecing together of broken bits.
Edith Wharton quotes: But I am born happy every morning, But I am born happy every morning,
Edith Wharton quotes: Ut it seemed to him that the tie between husband and wife, if breakable in prosperity, should be indissoluble in misfortune. Ut it seemed to him that the tie between husband and wife, if breakable in prosperity, should be indissoluble in misfortune.
Edith Wharton quotes: The real alchemy consists in being able to turn gold back again into something else; and that's the secret that most of your friends have lost. The real alchemy consists in being able to turn gold back again into something else; and that's the secret that most of your friends have lost.
Edith Wharton quotes: He turned to me, full of a terrifying benevolence. He turned to me, full of a terrifying benevolence.
Edith Wharton quotes: She had taken everything else from him, and now she meant to take the one thing that made up for it all. She had taken everything else from him, and now she meant to take the one thing that made up for it all.
Edith Wharton quotes: Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one.
Edith Wharton quotes: Isn't it natural that I should belittle all the things I can't offer you? Isn't it natural that I should belittle all the things I can't offer you?
Edith Wharton quotes: Some things are best mended by a break. Some things are best mended by a break.
Edith Wharton quotes: In the rotation of crops there was a recognised season for wild oats; but they were not to be sown more than once. In the rotation of crops there was a recognised season for wild oats; but they were not to be sown more than once.
Edith Wharton quotes: The longed-for ships come empty home, founder on the deepAnd eyes first lose their tears and then their sleep. The longed-for ships come empty home, founder on the deep
And eyes first lose their tears and then their sleep.
Edith Wharton quotes: That was the way of the world they lived in. Nobody questioned, nobody wondered any more-because nobody had time to remember. That was the way of the world they lived in. Nobody questioned, nobody wondered any more-because nobody had time to remember.
Edith Wharton quotes: Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.
Edith Wharton quotes: But these backwaters of existence sometimes breed, in their sluggish depths, strange acuities of emotion ... ("Afterward") But these backwaters of existence sometimes breed, in their sluggish depths, strange acuities of emotion ... ("Afterward")
Edith Wharton quotes: It was harder to drown at sunrise than in darkness. It was harder to drown at sunrise than in darkness.
Edith Wharton quotes: And for always getting what she wants in the long run, commend me to a nasty woman. And for always getting what she wants in the long run, commend me to a nasty woman.
Edith Wharton quotes: Her vivid smile was like a light held up to dazzle me. Her vivid smile was like a light held up to dazzle me.
Edith Wharton quotes: Why do we call all our generous ideas illusions, and the mean ones truths? Why do we call all our generous ideas illusions, and the mean ones truths?
Edith Wharton quotes: is probable that, like the illustrious author of the drama, all were unconscious of any incongruity between their sentiments and actions. is probable that, like the illustrious author of the drama, all were unconscious of any incongruity between their sentiments and actions.
Edith Wharton quotes: Women ought to be free - as free as we are,' he declared, making a discovery of which he was too irritated to measure the terrific consequences. Women ought to be free - as free as we are,' he declared, making a discovery of which he was too irritated to measure the terrific consequences.
Edith Wharton quotes: A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys. A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys.
Edith Wharton quotes: They are all alike you know. They hold their tongues for years and you think you're safe, but when the opportunity comes they remember everything. They are all alike you know. They hold their tongues for years and you think you're safe, but when the opportunity comes they remember everything.
Edith Wharton quotes: Our blindest impulses become evidence of perspicacity when they fall in with the course of events. Our blindest impulses become evidence of perspicacity when they fall in with the course of events.
Edith Wharton quotes: What Lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms, the silence which is not solitude, but compassion holding its breath. What Lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms, the silence which is not solitude, but compassion holding its breath.
Edith Wharton quotes: He had her in his arms, her face like a wet flower at his lips, and all their vain terrors shriveling up like ghosts at sunrise. He had her in his arms, her face like a wet flower at his lips, and all their vain terrors shriveling up like ghosts at sunrise.
Edith Wharton quotes: Everything may be labelled- but everybody is not. Everything may be labelled- but everybody is not.
Edith Wharton quotes: When a man says he doesn't understand a woman it's because he won't take the trouble. When a man says he doesn't understand a woman it's because he won't take the trouble.
Edith Wharton quotes: You are an artist and I happen to be the bit of color you are using today. You are an artist and I happen to be the bit of color you are using today.
Edith Wharton quotes: But her course was too purely reasonable not to contain the germs of rebellion. But her course was too purely reasonable not to contain the germs of rebellion.
Edith Wharton quotes: It is so easy for a woman to become what the man she loves believes her to be It is so easy for a woman to become what the man she loves believes her to be
Edith Wharton quotes: The return to reality was as painful as the return to consciousness after taking an anesthetic The return to reality was as painful as the return to consciousness after taking an anesthetic
Edith Wharton quotes: Staunch and faithful lovers that they are, they give back a hundred fold every sign of love that one ever gives them. Staunch and faithful lovers that they are, they give back a hundred fold every sign of love that one ever gives them.
Edith Wharton quotes: Life is either always a tight-rope or a featherbed. Give me a tight-rope. Life is either always a tight-rope or a featherbed. Give me a tight-rope.
Edith Wharton quotes: She pronounced the word married as if her voice caressed it. It seemed a rustling covert leading to enchanted glades. She pronounced the word married as if her voice caressed it. It seemed a rustling covert leading to enchanted glades.
Edith Wharton quotes: She was not accustomed to taste the joys of solitude except in company. She was not accustomed to taste the joys of solitude except in company.
Edith Wharton quotes: Whenever she was unhappy she felt herself at bay against a pitiless world, and a kind of animal secretiveness possessed her. Whenever she was unhappy she felt herself at bay against a pitiless world, and a kind of animal secretiveness possessed her.
Edith Wharton quotes: Theodora usually found that her good intentions matured too late for practical results. Theodora usually found that her good intentions matured too late for practical results.
Edith Wharton quotes: Damn words; they're just the pots and pans of life, the pails and scrubbing-brushes. I wish I didn't have to think in words ... Damn words; they're just the pots and pans of life, the pails and scrubbing-brushes. I wish I didn't have to think in words ...
Edith Wharton quotes: Chapter 1 Selden paused in surprise. In the afternoon rush of the Grand Central Station his eyes had been refreshed Chapter 1 Selden paused in surprise. In the afternoon rush of the Grand Central Station his eyes had been refreshed
Edith Wharton quotes: How much did pride count in the ebullition of passions in his breast? How much did pride count in the ebullition of passions in his breast?
Edith Wharton quotes: She had everything she wanted, but she still felt, at times, that there were other things she might want if she knew about them. She had everything she wanted, but she still felt, at times, that there were other things she might want if she knew about them.
Edith Wharton quotes: I wonder what her fate will be?' 'What we've all contrived to make it,' he I wonder what her fate will be?' 'What we've all contrived to make it,' he
Edith Wharton quotes: Ah, good conversation - there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing. Ah, good conversation - there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.
Edith Wharton quotes: She was like some rare flower grown for exhibition, a flower from which every bud had been nipped except the crowning blossom of her beauty. She was like some rare flower grown for exhibition, a flower from which every bud had been nipped except the crowning blossom of her beauty.
Edith Wharton quotes: I'd almost say it's the worries that make married folks sacred to each other ... I'd almost say it's the worries that make married folks sacred to each other ...
Edith Wharton quotes: I wonder why rich people always grow fat I suppose it's because there's nothing to worry them. I wonder why rich people always grow fat I suppose it's because there's nothing to worry them.

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