The Collected Short Stories of Edith Wharton Quotes

“It was a world of fine shadings and the nicest proportions, where impulse seldom set a blundering foot, and the feast of reason was undisturbed by an intemperate flow of soul. To such a banquet his wife naturally remained uninvited. The diet would have disagreed with her, and she would probably have objected to the other guests.”
― Edith Wharton, The Collected Short Stories of Edith Wharton