To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret for, isn't it?

Quote by Edith Wharton

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Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have...

After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have...

Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.

Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.

Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into...

Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into...

In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to...

In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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...

Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into...

Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into...

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...

When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one...

When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less...

Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less...