She had no tolerance for scenes which were not of her own making. - Edith Wharton

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Probably my mother's life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her coming to Australia in middle life; and if I ever had any tendency to consumption, the climate must have helped me.

Edith Wharton

She had no tolerance for scenes which were not of her own making.

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