English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Edith Wharton Quotes

When two people part who have loved each other it is as if what happens between them befell in a great emptiness - as if the tearing asunder of the flesh must turn at last into a disembodied anguish.

Edith Wharton

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Harper Lee quote: "Jem, I ain't ever heard of a nigger snowman," I said."
Jem, I ain't ever heard of a nigger snowman," I said. Harper Lee
Whenever she felt like crying, she would instead become angry—at someone else or at herself—which meant that it was rare for her to shed tears. Haruki Murakami
American foreign policy and military might have opened an opportunity for the Gospel in the land of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Charles Stanley
I suspect that a substantial fraction of human problems in the world today, not just cults, result from the mismatch between the current environment and the environment in which we evolved. Keith Henson
Shaun White quote: "I'm really disappointed at every event if I don't do less than..."
I'm really disappointed at every event if I don't do less than what I wanted to do. Shaun White
Julian Barnes quote: "Life versus Death becomes, as Montaigne pointed out, Old Age..."
Life versus Death becomes, as Montaigne pointed out, Old Age versus Death. Julian Barnes
I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's and early '50's was the most segregated city in the country, and in a sense learning how to oppose the status quo was a question of survival. Angela Davis
The righteousness of Jesus Christ is one of those great mysteries, which the angels desire to look into, and seems to be one of the first lessons that God taught men after the fall. George Whitefield
Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn't matter how good you are. Denzel Washington
Diego Maradona quote: "I gave all I had. Now I want to enjoy my family."
I gave all I had. Now I want to enjoy my family. Diego Maradona
It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion it is only by action that they can now atone for their faults of lack of character and discipline. Alfred Jodl
Your mind just goes to the craziest idea to lure people into the theater, and then you write your script around those elements. Robert Rodriguez
Heidi Klum quote: "Fashion is a very particular world, as you know."
Fashion is a very particular world, as you know. Heidi Klum
John Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political activist in the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement at Chapel Hill, where I went to university. Russell Banks
Castiza: "False! I defy you both! I have endured you with an ear of fire; Your tongues have struck hot irons on my face! Mother, come from that poisonous woman there."Gratiana: "Where?"Castiza: "Do you not see her? She's too inward then. Thomas Middleton