Edith had danced herself into that tired, dreamy state habitual only with débutantes, a state equivalent to the glow of a noble soul after several long highballs.
- F Scott Fitzgerald
But the idealist subdued to vulgar necessities must employ vulgar minds to draw the inferences to which he cannot stoop
- Edith Wharton
What right had she to dream the dreams of loveliness?
- Edith Wharton
is probable that, like the illustrious author of the drama, all were unconscious of any incongruity between their sentiments and actions.