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Edith Wharton

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Born 1862 in New York City · Died 1937 in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt

writer, novelist, poet · United States

Notable works: The Mount, The Age of Innocence, The Touchstone, The House of Mirth, The Reef

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Age of Innocence

From Project Gutenberg e-text #541 (public domain in the USA).

Each time you happen to me all over again.

— Spoken by a character · XXIX

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It frightened him to think what must have gone to the making of her eyes.

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The House of Mirth

From Project Gutenberg e-text #284 (public domain in the USA).

Oh——” Miss Bart protested, drawing back from her penitent clasp; but Mrs. Fisher went on with her usual directness: “Look here, Lily, don’t let’s beat about the bush: half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn’t any.

— Spoken by a character · Chapter 5

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“Do you remember what you said to me once? That you could help me only by loving me? Well—you did love me for a moment; and it helped me. It has always helped me. But the moment is gone—it was I who let it go. And one must go on living. Goodbye.”

— Spoken by a character · Chapter 12

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Ethan Frome

From Project Gutenberg e-text #4517 (public domain in the USA).

That was all; but all their intercourse had been made up of just such inarticulate flashes, when they seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods....

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I want to put my hand out and touch you. I want to do for you and care for you. I want to be there when you’re sick and when you’re lonesome.

— Spoken by a character · IX

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