My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

Quote by Edith Wharton

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They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in...

They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in...

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

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

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing...

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing...

I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in...

I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in...

The American landscape has no foreground and the American mind no background.

The American landscape has no foreground and the American mind no background.

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

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

I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite...

I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite...

The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.

The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.

To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret...

To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret...

The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything...

The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything...

He had to deal all at once with the packed regrets and stifled memories of...

He had to deal all at once with the packed regrets and stifled memories of...

I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I...

I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I...

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing...

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing...

What's the use of making mysteries? It only makes people want to nose 'em out.

What's the use of making mysteries? It only makes people want to nose 'em out.

Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.

Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.

Art is on the side of the oppressed. Think before you shudder at the simplistic...

Art is on the side of the oppressed. Think before you shudder at the simplistic...

There are moments when a man's imagination so easily subdued to what it lives in,...

There are moments when a man's imagination so easily subdued to what it lives in,...

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

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

The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

Money isn't everything - but it's a long way ahead of what comes next.

Money isn't everything - but it's a long way ahead of what comes next.