Text messaging Quote by Keith Gessen

Edith Wharton was a natural story-teller. As plots do in real life, hers flow directly from character. Her prose is so effortlessly elegant that…

— Lionel Shriver

“...the way she lived and died waiting for every text message, the way she overthought every abbreviation and smiley face, and hunted for every…

— Lisa Henry

“Edith Wharton did have one potentially redeeming disadvantage: she wasn’t pretty.”

— Jonathan Franzen

“You'll be amazed how much you have in common with Edith Wharton (who struggled to feel worthy of success), Louisa May Alcott (who badly…

— Nava Atlas

“To her amazement, she realized that the way of life of these people was nothing more than an indeterminate fiction, casually knotted together at…

— Gerhard Amanshauser

“Hers was a tone and manner that assured the listener they had only two choices; obedience or death.”

— Loretta Chase

“The Tone is the Message.”

— Kevin T. McCarney

“…but her Letters were always unsatisfactory, and though she did not openly avow her feelings, yet every line proved her to be Unhappy.”

— Jane Austen

“Her life was a scattering of small moments, bits of meaningful conversations, and bright dashes of beauty where least expected.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

“Fresh newsprint, good coffee, assorted texts, some messages on her BlackBerry, what more could the modern world offer?”

— Margaret Drabble

“This was because she knew few words and believed in none, and in the world she was rather silent, contributing just her share of…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Yet she couldn’t help herself. She couldn’t stop writing. She was like a medium receiving messages from the dead.”

— Cathy Holton