"His whole future seemed suddenly to be unrolled before him; and passing down its endless emptiness he saw the dwindling figure of a man to whom nothing was ever to happen." (From "The Age of Innocence")

On Edith Wharton's birthday, 10 quotes from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
"His whole future seemed suddenly to be unrolled before him; and passing down its endless emptiness he saw the dwindling figure of a man to whom nothing was ever to happen." (From "The Age of Innocence")
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