AtomicQuote

Edith Wharton Quote

She drew herself up to the full height of her slender majesty, towering like some dark angel of defiance above the troubled Gerty, who could only falter out: Lily, Lily-- how can you laugh about such things?So as not to weep, perhaps. But no-- I'm not of the tearful order. I discovered early that crying makes my nose red, and the knowledge has helped me through several painful episodes.

Edith Wharton

She drew herself up to the full height of her slender majesty, towering like some dark angel of defiance above the troubled Gerty, who could only falter out: Lily, Lily-- how can you laugh about such things?So as not to weep, perhaps. But no-- I'm not of the tearful order. I discovered early that crying makes my nose red, and the knowledge has helped me through several painful episodes.

Related Quotes

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

Augustine of Hippo

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

Tags: education, travel, books, world, classic, imagery, allegory, broad mindedness

I don't like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I'm from New York. I will kill to get what I need.

Lady Gaga

I don't like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I'm from New York. I will kill to get what I need.

Tags: famous, people, game, new york

A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.

Arnold Bennett

A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.

Tags: age, old, aging

Extend to each person, no matter how trivial the contact, all the care and kindness and understanding and love that you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the...

Og Mandino

Extend to each person, no matter how trivial the contact, all the care and kindness and understanding and love that you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the...

Tags: love, life lessons, kindness, understanding, person, trivial, never, thought, reward, contact

Father God, we thank you for your grace and your mercy, for allowing us to be together under your covenant and God we thank you for the revelations and for the breakthroughs; for your direction and fo...

Germany Kent

Father God, we thank you for your grace and your mercy, for allowing us to be together under your covenant and God we thank you for the revelations and for the breakthroughs; for your direction and fo...

Tags: faith, god, love, thanksgiving, gratefulness, healing, spirituality, spiritual, prayer, blessing

The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.

Tags: death, humor, life, deep, humour, value, dead, insightful, rip, satire

If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.

Augustine of Hippo

If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.

Tags: truth, bible

Nothing is going to work out unless you step up and make it happen.

Auliq Ice

Nothing is going to work out unless you step up and make it happen.

Tags: courage, dreams, faith, trust, belief, hard work, actions speak louder than words

These days we have Smartphones, Smartcars, Smartboards, Smarteverything, but consider this: if technology is getting smarter, does that mean humans are getting dumber?

Rebecca McNutt

These days we have Smartphones, Smartcars, Smartboards, Smarteverything, but consider this: if technology is getting smarter, does that mean humans are getting dumber?

Tags: environmental, future, intelligence, society, technology, human, weird, smart, dumb, progress

I would have followed you to hell and back... if only you'd lead me back.

Ranata Suzuki

I would have followed you to hell and back... if only you'd lead me back.

Tags: love, sad, heartbreak, sadness, loss, lost love, broken heart, beautiful, grief, lost