Quote #11
I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views.
More from Edith Wharton
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- When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it doesn't take half as long to say.
- Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.
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- I can't love you unless I give you up.
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- In the rotation of crops there was a recognized season for wild oats; but they were not sown more than once.