There are two ways to spread happiness; either be the light who shines it or be the mirror who reflects it.
Edith Wharton... even in houses commonly held to be 'booky' one finds, nine times out of ten, not a library but a book-dump.
Edith WhartonI believe I know the only cure, which is to make oneโs center of life inside of oneโs self, not selfishly or excludingly, but with a kind of unassailable serenityโto decorate oneโs inner house so richly that one is content there, glad to welcome anyone who wants to come and stay, but happy all the same when one is inevitably alone.
Edith Wharton