Yes - it was happiness she still wanted, and the glimpse she had caught of it made everything else of no account. One by one she had detached herself from the baser possibilities , and she saw that nothing now remained to her but the emptiness of renunciation. "The House of Mirth Edith Wharton
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The house of mirth is a time of happiness and fun. When someone is happy they will feel free to be who they want to be, this is the house of mirth, the house where you can have fun without being afraid. therefore, when someone is sad or unhappy they will not be able to have fun as they will always feel as if they are being judged by someone else.

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