"There are moments when a man's imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny"
- Edith Wharton
About this Quote
This quote by Edith Wharton speaks with the power of the human imagination. It recommends that, while our creativities are typically limited by our daily lives, there are minutes when it can increase above and see the bigger picture. It speaks with the concept that our lives belong to a bigger destiny, and that our imaginations can help us to understand this. It motivates us to take an action back and look at our lives from a different viewpoint, to see the long windings of fate that we are all a part of. It is a tip that our lives are part of something much bigger, and that our creativities can assist us to understand this.
This quote is written / told by Edith Wharton between January 24, 1862 and August 11, 1937. She was a famous Author from USA.
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