What Lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms, the silence …

Edith Wharton
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What Lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms, the silence which is not solitude, but compassion holding its breath. ✨ Edith Wharton (2016). The House of Mirth: Edith Wharton, p.134, VM eBooks
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What Lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms, the silence which is not solitude, but compassion holding its breath. ✨ Edith Wharton (2016). The House of Mirth: Edith Wharton, p.134, VM eBooks

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