Hsinlan Wang

“A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its author had quite probably never heard). It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness.”
― Edith Wharton

“We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?”
― Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence

“What a shame it is for a nation to be developing without a sense of beauty, and eating bananas for breakfast.”
― Edith Wharton

“If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.”
― Edith Wharton