“After that she dared not make a pet of any other dog; and her loneliness became almost unendurable.” #edithsays #kerfol #shortstory #internationaldogday

“In this state of abstraction he found himself, the following morning, waking to the reality of a stifling September day in New York.” #edithsays #theageofinnocence #September #BacktoSchool2023 #backtowork

“To tea, Teddy Chanler and Scott Fitzgerald, the novelist — awful.” #edithsays #diary #fscottfitzgerald #HappyBirthday 💅💅💅

Hernan Diaz's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Trust" offers a kaleidoscopic view of the ultra-wealthy. He discusses Edith Wharton's influence on his work and the validating miracle following years of unacknowledged writing. cbsn.ws/48OcH8X

“…Undine was to stay in Paris till October, and they were to sail on a fast steamer, in a deck-suite, like the Harvey Shallums.” #edithsays #customofthecountry #october #transatlanticism

“The light of the October afternoon lay on an old high-roofed house which enclosed in its long expanse of brick and yellowish stone the breadth of a grassy court filled with the shadow and sound of limes.” #edithsays #thereef #october

“…Mrs. Archer's Thanksgiving dinner. At the date when she was officially enjoined to give thanks for the blessings of the year it was her habit to take a mournful though not embittered stock of her world, and wonder what there was to be thankful for.” #HappyThanksgiving

#MerryChristmas

““Oh, my dear, look—here they all come! The New Year ladies! Low neck and short sleeves in broad daylight, every one of them! Oh, and the fat one with the paper roses in her hair ... they are paper, my dear ... off the frosted cake, probably! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!”” #edithsays #NewYear

Today’s #WednesdayWisdom comes from American novelist Edith Wharton. This quote reminds us that whether we choose to take an active or supportive role, there is more than one way to be a positive influence. ✨ How will you spread light this year?🕯

I turned 162 yesterday, but I don’t look a day over 75 💁🏻‍♀️ Happy Birthday to me 🥳🥳🥳

#edithsays #WorldPoetryDay

“In this devout atmosphere, agreeably laden with the incense-like aroma of Easter lilies and forced lilacs, Mrs. Fetherel knelt with a sense of luxurious satisfaction.” #HappyEaster #edithsays #expiation #shortstory #easterlilies

“Dancing meant nothing; it was like breathing; what would one be doing if one weren't dancing?” #edithsays #twilightsleep #worlddanceday

“Mothers and daughters are part of each other's consciousness, in different degrees and in a different way, but still with the mutual sense of something which has always been there.” #edithsays #themothersrecompense #HappyMothersDay