Author: Edith Wharton

Quotes

In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to tears.

In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to tears.

- Edith Wharton

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.

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

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

- Edith Wharton

The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.

The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.

- Edith Wharton

Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.

Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.

- Edith Wharton

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

- Edith Wharton

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.

- Edith Wharton

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.

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

I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views.

I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views.

- Edith Wharton

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