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The truth about any girl.

You asked me just now for the truth– well, the truth about any girl is that once she’s talked about she’s done for; and the more she explains her case the worse it looks. (bk. 2, ch. 4)

From Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth. 

Author CorinnePosted on 6-December-201628-June-2018Format QuoteCategories NoneTags american, edith wharton, fiction, sexism, women

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