Selden and Lily stood still, accepting the.... : Quote by Edith Wharton

“ Selden and Lily stood still, accepting the unreality of the scene as a part of their own dream-like sensations. It would not have surprised them to feel a summer breeze on their faces, or to see the lights among the boughs reduplicated in the arch of a starry sky. The strange solitude about them was no stranger than the sweetness of being alone in it together. ”

Edith Wharton
  • From : The House of Mirth
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