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She was so evidently the victim of the civilization which had produced her, that the links of her bracelet seemed like manacles chaining her to her fate.

She was so evidently the victim of the civilization which had produced her, that the links of her bracelet seemed like manacles chaining her to her fate.

Edith Wharton
Fate, Civilization, Links
Edith Wharton (2015). “The House of Mirth”, p.8, Xist Publishing

There are moments when a man's imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny.

Edith Wharton
Fate, Destiny, Men
Edith Wharton (2012). “The Age of Innocence”, p.228, Courier Corporation

What is one's personality, detached from that of the friends with whom fate happens to have linked one? I cannot think of myself apart from the influence of the two or three greatest friendships of my life, and any account of my own growth must be that of their stimulating and enlightening influence.

Edith Wharton
Happiness, Fate, Thinking
Edith Wharton (2016). “A Backward Glance”, p.128, Edith Wharton

...though she had not had the strength to shake off the spell that bound her to him she had lost all spontaneity of feeling, and seemed to herself to be passively awaiting a fate she could not avert.

Edith Wharton
Fate, Feelings, Spontaneity
Edith Wharton (2001). “Summer”, p.138, Electric Book Company

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