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In this slipshod age, we need object lessons in language and thought. -“ Edith Wharton on an address by John Hay

In this slipshod age, we need object lessons in language and thought. -“ Edith Wharton on an address by John Hay
– John Taliaferro

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  5. ..but it seemed to him that the tie between husband and wife, if breakable in prosperity, should be indissoluble in misfortune. – Edith Wharton
  6. The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend! – Edith Wharton
  7. The motions of her mind were as incalculable as the flit of a bird in the branches – Edith Wharton
  8. Little as she was addicted to solitude, there had come to be moments when it seemed a welcome escape from the empty noises of her life. – Edith Wharton
  9. The return to reality was as painful as the return to consciousness after taking an anesthetic – Edith Wharton
  10. A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys. – Edith Wharton
  11. The taste of the usual was like cinders in his mouth, and there were moments when he felt as if he were being buried alive under his future. – Edith Wharton
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