One of the surprises of her unoccupied state was the discovery that time, when it is left to itself and no definite demands are made on it, cannot be trusted to move at any recognized pace
Edith WhartonShe would not have put herself out so much to say so little.
Edith WhartonHer failure was a useful preliminary to success.
Edith WhartonDo you remember what you said to me once? That you could help me only by loving me? Well-you did love me for a moment; and it helped me. It has always helped me.
Edith WhartonTag: love
The real alchemy consists in being able to turn gold back again into something else; and that's the secret that most of your friends have lost.
Edith WhartonThe only way to not think about money is to have a great deal of it."
You might as well say that the only way not to think about air is to have enough to breathe.
he plunged out into the winter night bursting with the belated eloquence of the inarticulate
Edith WhartonTag: humor
He had known the love that is fed on caresses and feeds them; but this passion that was closer than his bones was not to be superficially satisfied.
Edith WhartonAnd you'll sit beside me, and we'll look, not at visions, but at realities.
Edith WhartonXingu!" she scoffed. "Why, it was the fact of our knowing so much more about it than she did—unprepared though we were—that made Osric Dane so furious. I should have thought that was plain enough to everybody!
Edith WhartonTag: humor manners new-york puns behaviour didacticism dangerous-philosophy pretension
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