„She had no tolerance for scenes which were not of her own making.“
— Edith Wharton, buch The House of Mirth
Quelle: The House of Mirth
Geburtstag: 24. Januar 1862
Todesdatum: 11. August 1937
Andere Namen: Edith Newbold Jones Wharton
Edith Wharton war eine amerikanische Schriftstellerin und Verfasserin sozialkritischer Romane.
„She had no tolerance for scenes which were not of her own making.“
— Edith Wharton, buch The House of Mirth
Quelle: The House of Mirth
— Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
Quelle: The Age of Innocence (1920), Ch. 1
— Edith Wharton, buch The House of Mirth
Quelle: The House of Mirth
„Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any.“
— Edith Wharton, buch The House of Mirth
Quelle: The House of Mirth
"Vesalius in Zante (1564)" http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/wharton/whartpoe2.htm#Vesalius%20in%20Zante.%20(1564), in North American Review (November 1902), p. 625
Quelle: Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verses
„Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.“
Journal entry (March 1926)
„Each time you happen to me all over again.“
— Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
Quelle: The Age of Innocence
Quelle: Ethan Frome and Other Short Fiction
„There are two ways of spreading light: to be
The candle or the mirror that reflects it.“
"Vesalius in Zante (1564)", in North American Review (November 1902), p. 631
Variante: There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.
„The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!“
— Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
Quelle: The Age of Innocence
— Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
Quelle: The Age of Innocence
„We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?“
— Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
Quelle: The Age of Innocence
„My little dog—a heartbeat at my feet.“
Variante: My little old dog
a heart-beat
at my feet
— Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
Quelle: The Age of Innocence
"A First Word"
A Backward Glance http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200271.txt (1934)
— Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
Quelle: The Age of Innocence