“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.”
More from Edith Wharton,
“I swear I only want to hear about you, to know what you’ve been doing. It’s a hundred…”
“I swear I only want to hear about you, to know what you've been doing. It's a hundred…”
“Do you remember what you said to me once? That you could help me only by loving me? Well,…”
“True originality consists not in a new manner, but in a new vision.”