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Edith Wharton

1862 - 1937

Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was an American novelist and short story writer known for her works that depict the lives and morals of the American upper class during the Gilded Age. She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921 for her novel "The Age of Innocence."

  1. 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
    #age#freedom#universe

  2. The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.

    Edith Wharton
    #money#abundance#freedom

  3. Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.

    Edith Wharton
    #life#wisdom#experience

  4. My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

    Edith Wharton
    #dog#companionship#love

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

    Edith Wharton
    #originality#vision#creativity

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

    Edith Wharton
    #light#reflection#influence

  7. Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.

    Edith Wharton
    #advice#humor#irony

  8. That is my principal objection to life, I think: It is too easy, when alive, to make perfectly horrible mistakes.

    Edith Wharton
    #life#mistakes#objection

  9. If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.

    Edith WhartonThe Last Asset, 1904
    #happiness#acceptance#contentment