There are two ways to spread happiness; either be the light who shines it or be the mirror who reflects it.
Edith WhartonAnd all the while, I suppose," he thought, "real people were living somewhere, and real things happening to them.
Edith WhartonDon't they always go from bad to worse? There's no turning back--your old self rejects you, and shuts you out. ~Lilly Bart
Edith WhartonMake ones center of life inside ones self, not selfishly or excludingly, but with a kind of unassailable serenity.
Edith Wharton