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

Quote by Edith Wharton

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

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

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

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...

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...

The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that...

The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that...

We ourselves of the present age, chose our common law, and consented to the most...

We ourselves of the present age, chose our common law, and consented to the most...

Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was...

Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was...