What is one's personality, detached from that of the friends with whom…

Edith Wharton
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What is one's personality, detached from that of the friends with whom fate happens to have linked one? I cannot think of myself apart from the influence of the two or three greatest friendships of my life, and any account of my own growth must be that of their stimulating and enlightening influence. ✨ Edith Wharton (2016). A Backward Glance, p.128, Edith Wharton
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