Edith Wharton was an American novelist, short story writer and designer.
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“My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet”
Edith Wharton
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
“I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made it interesting”
“In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive log past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways.”
“After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.”
“The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.”
“If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.”
“Silence may be as variously shaded as speech”
“True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.”
“Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.”