Quotes by Edith Wharton

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.