Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any.
("The House of Mirth")
More Quotes from Edith Wharton:
She had no tolerance for scenes which were not of her own making.Edith Wharton
Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.
Edith Wharton
Neither one of the couple cared for money, but their disdain of it took the form of always spending a little more than was prudent.
Edith Wharton
They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods
Edith Wharton
We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?
Edith Wharton
I wonder, among all the tangles of this mortal coil, which one contains tighter knots to undo, and consequently suggests more tugging, and pain, and diversified elements of misery, than the marriage tie.
Edith Wharton
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Life QuotesWhen the Domaine Musical started up, I wasn't part of it. They were the major players in contemporary music at that time, braodcasting old and new composers' work. And I wasn't one of them.
Luc Ferrari
And a musician has to learn to be frugal and to carefully manage financial affairs.
Charlie Byrd
I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that are awe-inspiring.
Laurie Anderson