She was so evidently the victim of the civilization which had produced…

Edith Wharton
177 citations
She was so evidently the victim of the civilization which had produced her, that the links of her bracelet seemed like manacles chaining her to her fate. ✨ Edith Wharton (2015). The House of Mirth, p.8, Xist Publishing
Humanity
29

More Author Quotes

He had married (as most young men did) because he had met a perfectly charming girl at the moment when a series of rather aimless sentimental adventures were ending in premature disgust; and she had … ▶
He had to deal all at once with the packed regrets and stifled memories of an inarticulate lifetime. ✨ Edith Wharton (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated), p.2192, Delphi Class … ▶
To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines. ✨ Edith Wharton (2004). In Morocco, p.16, Tauris Parke Pap … ▶
The real alchemy consists in being able to turn gold back again into something else; and that's the secret that most of your friends have lost. ✨ Edith Wharton (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Edith … ▶
I think I like 'em better like that...divinely dull...just the quiet bearers of their own beauty, like the priestesses in a Panathenaic procession. ✨ Edith Wharton, Marion Mainwaring (1994). The Bucc … ▶

She was so evidently the victim of the civilization which had produced her, that the links of her bracelet seemed like manacles chaining her to her fate. ✨ Edith Wharton (2015). The House of Mirth, p.8, Xist Publishing

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes