Ellen Glasgow
Ellen Glasgow
Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgowwas an American novelist who portrayed the changing world of the contemporary south...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 April 1873
CityRichmond, VA
CountryUnited States of America
stupidity selfishness stronger
There is only one force stronger than selfishness, and that is stupidity.
favorite-hobby hobbies vacuums
In her abhorrrence of a vacuum, Nature, for the furtherance of her favorite hobby, has often to resort to strange devices. If she could but understand that vacuity is sometimes better than superfluity!
eternity ends
Nobody, not even the old, not even the despairing, wished to come to an end in time or in eternity.
dream country thinking
There is in every human being, I think, a native country of the mind, where, protected by inaccessible barriers, the sensitive dream life may exist safely.
violence literature crude
Violence commands both literature and life, and violence is always crude and distorted.
strength lying down-and
I'm not going to lie down and let trouble walk over me.
spring flower air
It was a perfect spring afternoon, and the air was filled with vague, roving scents, as if the earth exhaled the sweetness of hidden flowers.
humble apology way
It would appear, from the best examples, that the proper way of beginning a preface to one's work is with a humble apology for having written at all.
moral originality wiser
it is wiser to be conventionally immoral than unconventionally moral. It isn't the immorality they object to, but the originality.
sheep revolution status-quo
No, one couldn't make a revolution, one couldn't even start a riot, with sheep that asked only for better browsing.
enemy generations youth
youth is always an enemy to the old ...
grace inward goodness
True goodness is an inward grace, not an outward necessity.
human-nature humans human-beings
I liked human beings, but I did not love human nature.