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House of Mirth quotes

Edith Wharton

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“half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any.” Edith Wharton, House of Mirth
“Do you remember what you said to me once? That you could help me only by loving me? Well—you did love me for a moment; and it helped me. It has always helped me.” Edith Wharton, House of Mirth
“it is so easy for a woman to become what the man she loves believes her to be!” Edith Wharton, House of Mirth
“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, House of Mirth
“it was easy enough to despise the world, but decidedly difficult to find any other habitable region.” Edith Wharton, House of Mirth
“As the pain that can be told is but half a pain, so the pity that questions has little healing in its touch.” Edith Wharton, House of Mirth
“She was very near hating him now; yet the sound of his voice, the way the light fell on his thin dark hair, the way he sat and moved and wore his clothes—she was conscious that even these trivial things were inwoven with her deepest life.” Edith Wharton, House of Mirth
“She had no tolerance for scenes which were not of her own making” Edith Wharton, House of Mirth
“They're all alike, you know: they hold their tongues for years, and you think you're safe, but when their opportunity comes they remember everything.” Edith Wharton, House of Mirth

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