the thing you thought you should have said after being insulted, but its too late.
“it is less mortifying to believe one’s self unpopular than insignificant, and vanity prefers to assume that indifference is a latent form of unfriendliness.”
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edith wharton, the house of mirth (via paperbackgirl) (via robot-heart)

Now I know I have to read this book.