Nastia

“Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any.”
― Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth

“I was born to be a spinster, and, by God, I'm going to spin.”
― Winifred Holtby

“That's Lily all over, you know: she works like a slave preparing the ground and sowing her seed; but the day she ought to be reaping the harvest she over-sleeps herself or goes off on a picnic.”
― Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth

“And suddenly, as he noted the fine shades of manner by which she harmonized herself with her surroundings, it flashed on him that, to need such adroit handling, the situation must indeed be desperate.”
― Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth