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

A Backward Glance

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Topic

Long life Openness to change Curiosity

Author

Edith Wharton

Source

A Backward Glance

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Wharton, Edith. "A First Word." A Backward Glance. D. Appleton-Century Company, 1934.

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Bertolt Brecht
Source
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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