Heart Quote by Edith Wharton

“She lay for a long time listening to the mysterious sounds given forth by old houses at night, the undefinable creakings, rustlings, and sighings,…

— Edith Wharton

“She found a deep sense of fitness in the fact that here, among people, they should be strangers; strangers and enemies. She thought, these…

— Ayn Rand

“It was the comfort of knowing that she was not quite so strange, that there were other people who found delight in private challenges…

— Daphne Kalotay

“People made no sense to her. Men, with whom she had everything in common, did not want her around. Women, with whom she had…

— Philipp Meyer

“She was a rapidly rising anchor. She had what it took: great hair, a profound understanding of strategic lip gloss, the intelligence to understand…

— Douglas Adams

“Even in her casual white shirt and cotton pants, she was clearly an independent woman in charge of her destiny. She was so… He…

— Jan Moran

“And indeed she did not. I thought she had a tired, dragged appearance, but I would not say so. I knew her well, and…

— Marie Corelli

“I knew her better than herself …and she was beautiful and strong and felt deep. It has always surprised me to see the way…

— Eiry Nieves

“She was terribly pleased, because she had always, secretly, deep within her heart, believed that she could fly. And now here she was, doing…

— Kate DiCamillo

“It flattered her, where she was most susceptible of flattery, to think how, wound about in their hearts, however long they lived she would…

— Virginia Woolf

“In spite of her desire for a contained universe, her life felt scattered, full of many small moments, without great purpose. That is what…

— Michael Ondaatje

“...it seemed a part of her life, to step from the ancient to the modern, back and forth. She felt rather sorry for those…

— Orson Scott Card