Edith Wharton nejznámější citáty
Edith Wharton: Citáty anglicky
“She had no tolerance for scenes which were not of her own making.”
Zdroj: The House of Mirth
“Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any.”
Zdroj: The House of Mirth
"Vesalius in Zante (1564)" http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/wharton/whartpoe2.htm#Vesalius%20in%20Zante.%20(1564), in North American Review (November 1902), p. 625
Zdroj: Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verses
“Each time you happen to me all over again.”
Zdroj: The Age of Innocence
Zdroj: Ethan Frome and Other Short Fiction
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be
The candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
"Vesalius in Zante (1564)", in North American Review (November 1902), p. 631
Varianta: There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.
“The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!”
Zdroj: The Age of Innocence
“We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?”
Zdroj: The Age of Innocence
"A First Word"
A Backward Glance http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200271.txt (1934)
“Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any.”
Zdroj: The House of Mirth