The difference is that these young people take it for granted that the…

Edith Wharton
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The difference is that these young people take it for granted that they're going to get whatever they want, and that we almost always took it for granted that we shouldn't. Only, I wonder—the thing one's so certain of in advance: can it ever make one's heart beat as wildly? ✨ Edith Wharton (2015). The Age of Innocence, p.299, Booklassic
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