Quotes by Edith Wharton
How much longer are we going to think it necessary to be 'American' before (or in contradistinction to) being cultivated, being enlightened, being humane, and having the same intellectual discipline as other civilized countries?
Wharton, Edith
They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods.
Wharton, Edith
Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.
Wharton, Edith
There are two ways of spreading light - to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Wharton, Edith
If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.
Wharton, Edith
My little dog: a heartbeat at my feet.
Wharton, Edith
There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Wharton, Edith