Edith Wharton Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937
Birthday: January 24
Death: August 11
Their long years together had shown him that it did not so much matter if marriage was a dull duty, as long as it kept the dignity of duty: lapsing from that, it became a mere battle of ugly appetites.
source: Edith Wharton (2013). “House of Mirth and the Age of Innocence”, p.538, Simon and Schuster
topic: Years, Long, Battle, Years Together
