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Edith Wharton Quotes

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.
Edith Wharton

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Date of Birth:
January 24, 1862
Date of Death:
August 11, 1937
Nationality:
American
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