“I had written short stories that were thought worthy of preservation! Was it the same insignificant I that I had always known?… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“[T]he pain was unspeakable, worse than reading the collected works of Edith Wharton.” — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
In all my novels, a sense of place - not just geographic but social - is a critical element. I have always… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
I love Edith Wharton. And I love old New York. Anything to do with New York. — Leighton Meester Copy Share Image
I live by Edith Whartons rule to get rid of anything neither useful nor beautiful. So I put the TV out on… — Melissa Bank Copy Share Image
“You'll be amazed how much you have in common with Edith Wharton (who struggled to feel worthy of success), Louisa May Alcott… — Nava Atlas Copy Share Image
“Edith Wharton did have one potentially redeeming disadvantage: she wasn’t pretty.” — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
'The Buccaneers' was an Edith Wharton novel, and she never finished it, and a screenwriter adapted it for television. — James Frain Copy Share Image
I live by Edith Wharton's rule to get rid of anything neither useful nor beautiful. So I put the TV out on… — Melissa Bank Copy Share Image
If Edith Wharton lived in the Age of Innocence, surely we now live in the Age of Deception. — Pamela Meyer Copy Share Image
The savagery and power of Edith Wharton's ghost stories surprised me. — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
“She had such control of tone , in her text messages, she was the Edith Wharton of text messaging.” — Keith Gessen Copy Share Image
“Sam Anderson. “The Greatest Novel.” New York Magazine (outline). Jan. 9, 2011. New York is, famously, the everything bagel of megalopolises—one of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Edith Wharton was a natural story-teller. As plots do in real life, hers flow directly from character. Her prose is so effortlessly… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
This is a glorious biography ... The time is ripe for a new biography of Edith Wharton of this intimacy and on… — Mark Bostridge Copy Share Image
“But my subconscious mind--the part I've heard writers call the lizard brain--could and did: it told me to reach for Anne Lamott… — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
“A skeptic of all sentimentality, she has a witty, rueful voice that gives a deadpan appraisal of the past and present. We… — Ron Charles Copy Share Image
Henry James and Edith Wharton are huge for me because they gave me a way to understand America while still respecting the… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. --Edith Wharton — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“I checked out the two Edith Wharton books I had just returned because I'd read them so long ago and they are… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
We English majors...need to promote public libraries as a tool in the war against terror. How many readers of Edith Wharton have… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
“Ice vs. fire; free choice vs. necessity; weight vs. lightness; emptiness vs. meaning...speaking of emptiness, there was a time today when my… — Sarah Emily Miano Copy Share Image
The nearest we have to a Henry James or an Edith Wharton of the East Coast's Wasp upper classes. — Charlotte Curtis Copy Share Image
I am very fond of Edith Wharton. She's quite high brow but also a great storyteller. My favorite is 'The House of… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
