Edith Wharton Quotes

Edith Wharton Quotes

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Edith Wharton (1862-1937)

Edith Wharton was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She’s best knows for her Pulitzer-winning novel, The Age of Innocence as well as Ethan Frome and The House of Mirth.

Illusion or Truth?
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

“Why do we call all our generous ideas illusions, and the mean ones truths?”

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Quote Photo about Labels – Everything may be labelled—but everybody is not. ~ The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

31 Edith Wharton Quotes

Edith Wharton

"The real alchemy consists in being able to turn gold back again into something else; and that's the secret that most of your friends have lost." ~ The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton It is so easy for a woman to become what the man she loves believes her to be! ~ The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton "Why do we call all our generous ideas illusions, and the mean ones truths?" ~ The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton It frightened him to think what must have gone to the making of her eyes. ~ The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton "It seems stupid to have discovered America only to make it into a copy of another country." ~ The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton Everything may be labelled—but everybody is not. ~ The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton In reality they all lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs. ~ The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton "Ah, good conversation—there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing." ~ The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton "Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any." ~ The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton "I discovered early that crying makes my nose red, and the knowledge has helped me through several painful episodes." ~ The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

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