A Bit Of Edith Wharton.

 A wonderful author. Edith Wharton ( 1862-1937 )

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

" Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. "

" The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend! "

" There are only two ways of spreading the light: to be The Candle or the mirror that reflects it. "

" She had no tolerance for scenes that were not of her own making. "

" Genius is of small use to a woman who does not know how to do her hair. "

" They are all alike you know. They hold their tongues for years and you think you are safe, but when the opportunity comes they remember everything. "

" ...in the summer New York was the only place in which one could escape from New Yorkers..."

" It seems so stupid to have discovered America only to make it into a copy of another country. "

" I discovered early on that crying makes my nose red, and the knowledge has helped me through several painful episodes. "

" She sat silent, and the world lay like a sunlit valley at her feet. "

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