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Э́дит Уо́ртон , урождённая Эдит Ньюболд Джонс — американская писательница и дизайнер, лауреат Пулитцеровской премии. Wikipedia  

✵ 24. Январь 1862 – 11. Август 1937   •   Другие имена Edith Newbold Jones Wharton
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“She had no tolerance for scenes which were not of her own making.”

Edith Wharton книга The House of Mirth

Источник: The House of Mirth

“Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any.”

Edith Wharton книга The House of Mirth

Источник: The House of Mirth

“Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.
I loved light ever, light in eye and brain —
No tapers mirrored in long palace floors,
Nor dedicated depths of silent aisles,
But just the common dusty wind-blown day
That roofs earth's millions.”

"Vesalius in Zante (1564)" http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/wharton/whartpoe2.htm#Vesalius%20in%20Zante.%20(1564), in North American Review (November 1902), p. 625
Источник: Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verses

“Each time you happen to me all over again.”

Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence

Источник: The Age of Innocence

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be
The candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

"Vesalius in Zante (1564)", in North American Review (November 1902), p. 631
Вариант: There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.

“The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!”

Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence

Источник: The Age of Innocence

“We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?”

Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence

Источник: The Age of Innocence

“My little dog—a heartbeat at my feet.”

Вариант: My little old dog
a heart-beat
at my feet

“Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any.”

Edith Wharton книга The House of Mirth

Источник: The House of Mirth