They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods

Quote by Edith Wharton

Topics: Happiness Quotes

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that...

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that...

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...

A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue.

A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue.

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...

The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.

The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that...

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that...

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

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.

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.

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.