Quotes About Edith Wharton

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 or Edith Wharton or Calvin Trillin instead. And if I've learned one thing in my decades on earth, it's this: Don't argue with your lizard brain; it knows you better than you know yourself.

In this slipshod age, we need object lessons in language and thought. – Edith Wharton on an address by John Hay

I love Edith Wharton. And I love old New York. Anything to do with New York.

She had such control of tone , in her text messages, she was the Edith Wharton of text messaging.

I am very fond of Edith Wharton. She's quite high brow but also a great storyteller. My favorite is 'The House of Mirth.' I also like 'The Reef.'

I live by Edith Wharton's rule to get rid of anything neither useful nor beautiful. So I put the TV out on the street.

In all the arts abundance seems to be one of the surest signs of vocation.