The short story, free from the longuers of the novel is also exempt from the novel's conclusiveness--too often forced and false: it may thus more nearly than the novel approach aesthetic and moral truth.
Edith WhartonIn the dissolution of sentimental partnerships it is seldom that both associates are able to withdraw their funds at the same time.
Edith WhartonWhat a shame it is for a nation to be developing without a sense of beauty, and eating bananas for breakfast.
Edith Wharton