Edith Wharton Quotes About Happiness

Quotes about: Happiness

• They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods

  Edith Wharton

  Happiness, Butterfly, Winter

  Edith Wharton (2005). “Ethan Frome - Literary Touchstone”, p.85, Prestwick House Inc

• There are two ways to spread happiness; either be the light who shines it or be the mirror who reflects it.

  Edith Wharton

  Happiness, Mirrors, Light

• What is one's personality, detached from that of the friends with whom fate happens to have linked one? I cannot think of myself apart from the influence of the two or three greatest friendships of my life, and any account of my own growth must be that of their stimulating and enlightening influence.

  Edith Wharton

  Happiness, Fate, Thinking

  Edith Wharton (2016). “A Backward Glance”, p.128, Edith Wharton

• Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.

  Edith Wharton

  Happiness, Alive, Literature

  Edith Wharton (2016). “A Backward Glance”, p.4, Edith Wharton

• If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

  Edith Wharton

  Happiness, Happy, Women

  "Ethan Frome".

• In our hurried world too little value is attached to the part of the connoisseur and dilettante.

  Edith Wharton

  Happiness, World, Littles

  Edith Wharton (2016). “A Backward Glance”, p.113, Edith Wharton

• There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there's only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there's no reason why you shouldn't have a fairly good time.

  Edith Wharton

  Happiness, Running, Mind

  Edith Wharton (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)”, p.4977, Delphi Classics

• Happiness is a work of art. Handle with care.

  Edith Wharton

  Happiness, Art, Care

  Edith Wharton (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)”, p.3642, Delphi Classics

• I feel as if I could trust my happiness to carry me; as if it had grown out of me like wings.

  Edith Wharton

  Happiness, Wings, Feels

  Edith Wharton (2016). “The Reef: American Literature”, p.113, VM eBooks

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