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I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made it interesting. ↗

— Edith Wharton

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I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#cases #different #each #generally #had

I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#author #being #enough #good #i

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. ↗

— Edith Wharton

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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ↗

— Edith Wharton

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Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death. ↗

— Edith Wharton

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

— Edith Wharton

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

— Edith Wharton

#making #mysteries #nose #only #out

Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#destroying #die #effectiveness #eventually #everything

I believe that God has a specific plan and reason He created each one of us. ↗

— Lisa Whelchel

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