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    • There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton. Inspirational, Life, Birthday.
    • One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways. Edith Wharton.
    • Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any. Edith Wharton. Half, Mirth, Life Is.
    • I believe I know the only cure, which is to make one’s center of life inside of one’s self, not selfishly or excludingly, but with a kind of unassailable serenity—to decorate one’s inner house so richly that one is content there, glad to welcome anyone who wants to come and stay, but happy all the same when one is inevitably alone.
    • “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.” ― Edith Wharton.
    • “Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.” ― Edith Wharton, Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verses.
    • “My little old dog. a heart-beat. at my feet” ― Edith Wharton.
    • “Life is always either a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.” ― Edith Wharton.
  2. Enjoy the best Edith Wharton Quotes at BrainyQuote. Quotations by Edith Wharton, American Author, Born January 24, 1862. Share with your friends.

    • “Each time you happen to me all over again.” ― Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence.
    • “The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!” ― Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence.
    • “Ah, good conversation — there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.” ― Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence.
    • “We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?” ― Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence.
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    Set wide the window. Let me drink the day. I loved light ever, light in eye and brain — No tapers mirrored in long palace floors, Nor dedicated depths of silent aisles, But just the common dusty wi...

    ''The Age of Innocence is so poetic and has stuck to me years after reading it in school.
    When the world is too much, I love to read thrillers and romance novels. I just want to lose myself in something either intriguing or ludicrously romantic. For inspiration, I go back to my favorite...
    Works by Edith Wharton at Project Gutenberg
  3. Feb 24, 2021 · ‍. Inspiring Quotes From Edith Wharton. Take a look at these quotes by Edith Wharton, the celebrated American author. Quotes include Edith Wharton quotes about light and some literary quotes about happiness. 1. "There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." - Edith Wharton, 'Vesalius In Zante'. 2.

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