Author: Edith Wharton

Quotes

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

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.

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

- Edith Wharton

Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.

Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.

- Edith Wharton

I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made it interesting.

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

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.

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

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

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

To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret for, isn't it?

To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret for, isn't it?

- 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

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