“In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways.” – Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 to August 11, 1937)
[Quote from my friend Libby G.; dates from Wikipedia]
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