Something he knew he had missed: the flower of life. But he thought of…

Edith Wharton
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Something he knew he had missed: the flower of life. But he thought of it now as a thing so unattainable and improbable that to have repined would have been like despairing because one had not drawn the first prize in a lottery. ✨ Edith Wharton (2013). Delphi Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated), p.2108, Delphi Classics
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