Edith Wharton (/ ' i d ' w r t n / ; born Edith Newbold Jones, January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize -winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in years 1927, 1928 and 1930.
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I wonder, among all the tangles of this mortal coil, which one contains tighter knots to undo, & consequently suggests more tugging, & pain, &... Go to Quote / Comment
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. Go to Quote / Comment
Almost everybody in the neighborhood had troubles, frankly localized and specified; but only the chosen had complications. To have them was in itself a distinction, though it was also, in most cases, a death warrant. People struggled on for years wit Go to Quote / Comment
Life is either always a tight-rope or a featherbed. Give me a tight-rope. Go to Quote / Comment
There are two ways to spread happiness; either be the light who shines it or be the mirror who reflects it. Go to Quote / Comment