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Edith Wharton Quotes

Edith Wharton quotes

American Author, Writer January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937

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Though he sought simplicity, he dread dulness. Dimly conscious that he was dull himself, he craved the stimulus of a quicker mind; yet he feared a dull wife less than a brilliant one, for with the latter how could he maintain his superiority? Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton quote: "But marriage is one long sacrifice....Chapter 21, Medora..."
But marriage is one long sacrifice....Chapter 21, Medora Manson speaking to Newland Archer Edith Wharton
Archer was too intelligent to think that a young woman like Ellen Olenska would necessarily recoil from everything that reminded her of her past. She might believe herself wholly in revolt against it; but what had charmed her in it would still charm her even though it were against her will. Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton quote: "In the summer New York was the only place in which one could..."
...In the summer New York was the only place in which one could escape from New Yorkers... Edith Wharton
She wanted to surprise everyone by her dash and originality, but she could not help modeling herself on the last person she met, and the confusion of ideals thus produced caused her much perturbation when she had to choose between two courses. Edith Wharton
... He remembered once hearing his grandmother... say plaintively: "Why daughter, I presume I can go without -- BUT I CAN'T ECONOMIZE. Edith Wharton
He had a confused sense that she must have cost a great deal to make, that a great many dull and ugly people must, in some mysterious way, have been sacrificed to produce her. Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton quote: "Don't you ever mind," she asked suddenly, "not being rich..."
Don't you ever mind," she asked suddenly, "not being rich enough to buy all the books you want? Edith Wharton
He bent and laid his lips on her hands, which were cold and lifeless. She drew them away, and he turned to the door, found his coat and hat under the faint gas-light of the hall, and plunged out into the winter night bursting with the belated eloquence of the inarticulate. Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton quote: "The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal..."
The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it. Edith Wharton
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
Edith Wharton quote: "There are 2 ways of spreading light: to be the candle, or the..."
There are 2 ways of spreading light: to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton quote: "Two ways to be a light for all, is to be a flaming candle or..."
Two ways to be a light for all, is to be a flaming candle or the mirror that reflects it Edith Wharton
If you're as detached as that, why does the obsolete institution of marriage survive with you?"Oh, it still has its uses. One couldn't be divorced without it. Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton quote: "and wondering where he had read that clever liars give..."
...and wondering where he had read that clever liars give details, but that the cleverest do not. Edith Wharton

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