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Quotes from Vesalius in Zante — Edith Wharton

1862–1937 United States

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There are two ways of spreading light: to be
The candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Vesalius in Zante (1564)

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.
I loved light ever, light in eye and brain —
No tapers mirrored in long palace floors,
Nor dedicated depths of silent aisles,
But just the common dusty wind-blown day
That roofs earth's millions.

Vesalius in Zante (1564)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Edith Wharton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.