“Don't they always go from bad to worse? There's no turning back--your
old self rejects you, and shuts you out. ~Lilly Bart”

—  Edith Wharton, book The House of Mirth

Source: The House of Mirth

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American novelist, short story writer, designer 1862–1937

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