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Edith Wharton Quotes - Page 5

The taste of the usual was like cinders in his mouth, and there were moments when he felt as if he were being buried alive under his future.

Edith Wharton (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)”, p.2048, Delphi Classics

A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys.

Edith Wharton, Janet Beer (2002). “The House of Mirth”, p.15, Wordsworth Editions

Inkstands and tea-cups are never as full as when one upsets them.

Edith Wharton (2016). “A Backward Glance”, p.172, Edith Wharton

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 (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)”, p.3200, Delphi Classics

...every literature, in its main lines, reflects the chief characteristics of the people for whom, and about whom, it is written.

Edith Wharton (2013). “Delphi Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)”, p.4525, Delphi Classics

I was just a screw or cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else.

Edith Wharton (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)”, p.791, Delphi Classics