In the rotation of crops there was a recognized season for wild oats; but they were not sown more than once.
Edith WhartonHer mind was an hotel where facts came and went like transient lodgers, without leaving their address behind, and frequently without paying for their board.
Edith WhartonOne of the surprises of her unoccupied state was the discovery that time, when it is left to itself and no definite demands are made on it, cannot be trusted to move at any recognized pace
Edith WhartonWhat a shame it is for a nation to be developing without a sense of beauty, and eating bananas for breakfast.
Edith Wharton