Beauty (was)a gift which, in the eyes of New York, justified every success, and excused a certain number of failings.
Edith WhartonPeople struggled on for years with 'troubles,' but they almost always succumbed to 'complications.
Edith WhartonI had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
Edith Wharton