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There are moments when a man's imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny.Edith Wharton
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Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.Edith Wharton
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I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.Edith Wharton
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Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.Edith Wharton
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The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.Edith Wharton
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Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.Edith Wharton
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After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.Edith Wharton
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Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.Edith Wharton
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one.Edith Wharton
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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
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To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret for, isn't it?Edith Wharton
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I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made it interesting.Edith Wharton
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