Author: Edith Wharton

Quotes

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

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

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

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.

- Edith Wharton

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

- 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

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

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

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

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