“Only the fact that we are unaware how well our nearest know us enables us to live with them.”
Source: The Touchstone: American Literature
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Famous Edith Wharton Quotes
Source: The Greater Inclination: The Touchstone
Source: The letters of Edith Wharton
Source: The Age of Innocence
Source: The House of Mirth: Edith Wharton
“In every heart there should be one grief that is like a well in the desert.”
Source: Delphi Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)
“Life has a way of overgrowing its achievements as well as its ruins.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)
Source: The Decoration of Houses