There are moments when a man's imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny.

Quote by Edith Wharton

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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...

Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of...

Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

It would presently be his task to take the bandage from this young woman's eyes,...

It would presently be his task to take the bandage from this young woman's eyes,...

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a...

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a...

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...

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,...

I despair of the Republic! Such dreariness, such whining sallow women, such utter absence of...

I despair of the Republic! Such dreariness, such whining sallow women, such utter absence of...

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 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...

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.

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

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.

The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.

The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.

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...

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...