What did Edith Wharton mean by: … caprice is as ruinous as routine. Edith Wharton Novelist · United Copy
+ Life has a way of overgrowing its achievements as well as its ruins. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edith Wharton, Achievements, Growth, Ruins, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing. Author, August 1, 2023January 2, 2025, Edith Wharton, Creativity, Ideas, Inspiration, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ Every house is a mad-house at some time or another. Author, October 1, 2023January 2, 2025, Edith Wharton, Chaos, Relatability, Unpredictability, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ If only we’d stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time. Read explanation Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edith Wharton, Contentment, Happiness, Perspective, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ People struggled on for years with ‘troubles,’ but they almost always succumbed to ‘complications. Author, December 14, 2023December 29, 2024, Edith Wharton, Complications, Struggle, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ Silence may be as variously shaded as speech. Author, October 28, 2023January 2, 2025, Edith Wharton, Communication, Interpretation, Variability, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ Beware of monotony; it’s the mother of all the deadly sins. Author, July 3, 2023January 2, 2025, Edith Wharton, Monotony, Sin, Warning, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edith Wharton, Diversity, Exploration, Kindness, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
I was always the last woman on the last down elevator as the store was closing. Jean Kerr Playwright · USA
It is only habit and routine that makes the void look like purpose. Jeanette Winterson Author · England
I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m. Jeannette Walls Journalist · USA