Edith Wharton

Ah, good conversation — there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing. Edith Wharton’s masterpiece “The Age of Innocence” follows protagonist Newland Archer as he attempts to reconcile his true feelings with the shallow and often misguided world in which he lives. This quote speaks to the collaborative power of the mind, suggesting that it’s in conversation with one another that we discover our best ideas.