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Edith Wharton Quotes

Edith Wharton quotes

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

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Edith Wharton quote: "You are an artist and I happen to be the bit of color you are..."
You are an artist and I happen to be the bit of color you are using today. Edith Wharton
...It was one of the great livery-stableman's most masterly intuitions to have discovered that Americans want to get away from amusement even more quickly than they want to get to it. Edith Wharton
Then stay with me a little longer,' Madame Olenska said in a low tone, just touching his knee with her plumed fan. It was the lightest touch, but it thrilled him like a caress. Edith Wharton
Sir Helmsley imparted this information in a loud, almost challenging voice, as he always did when he had to communicate anything unexpected or difficult to account for. Explaining was a nuisance, and somewhat of a derogation. He resented anything that made it necessary, and always spoke as if his interlocutor ought to have known beforehand the answer to the questions he was putting. Edith Wharton
The boy was not insensitive, he knew; but he had the facility and self-confidence that came of looking at fate not as a master but as an equal. Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton quote: "Genius is of small use to a woman who does not know how to do..."
Genius is of small use to a woman who does not know how to do her hair. Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its author had quite probably never heard). It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness. Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton quote: "They stood together in the gloom of the spruces, an empty..."
They stood together in the gloom of the spruces, an empty world glimmering about them wide and gray under the stars Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton quote: "I can give you a cup of tea in no time-and you won't meet any..."
I can give you a cup of tea in no time-and you won't meet any bores. Edith Wharton
The difference is that these young people take it for granted that they're going to get whatever they want, and that we almost always took it for granted that we shouldn't. Only, I wonder—the thing one's so certain of in advance: can it ever make one's heart beat as wildly? Edith Wharton
The taste of the usual was like cinders in his mouth, and there were moments when he felt as if he were being buried alive under his future. Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton quote: "True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new..."
True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. Edith Wharton
Charity, till then, had been conscious only of a vague self-disgust and a frightening physical distress; now, of a sudden, there came to her the grave surprise of motherhood. Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton quote: "To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom."
To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom. Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton quote: "Everything about her was warm and soft and scented; even the..."
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

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