Once-twice-you gave me the chance to escape from my life, and I refused it: refused it because I was a coward. Afterward I saw my mistake-I saw I could never be happy with what had contented me before. But it was too late: you had judged me-I understood. It was too late for happiness-but not too late to be helped by the thought of what I had missed. That is all I have lived on-don't take it from me now!
( Edith Wharton )
[ The House of Mirth ]
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