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
success men satisfaction
There is no state of satisfaction, because to himself no man is a success.
distance passion light
idealism, that gaudy coloring matter of passion, fades when it is brought beneath the trenchant white light of knowledge. Ideals, like mountains, are best at a distance.
next fool firsts
First, I was an idealist (that was early - fools are born, not made, you know); next I was a realist; now I am a pessimist, and, by Jove! if things get much worse I'll become a humorist.
spring loneliness terrible
There is a terrible loneliness in the spring ...
illusion borrowed
Borrowed illusions are better than none ...
theory
Theories have nothing to do with life ...
redemption ethics economy
To a thrifty theologian, bent on redemption with economy, there are few points of ethics too fine-spun for splitting.
life reality earth
... the ordinary is simply the universal observed from the surface, that the direct approach to reality is not without, but within. Touch life anywhereand you will touch universality wherever you touch the earth.
return impermanence hardest
The hardest thing for me is the sense of impermanence. All passes; nothing returns.
sin cruelty
Cruelty is the only sin.
demand littles
He who demands little gets it.
self teach
To teach one's self is to be forced to learn twice.
moderation explosions
Moderation has never yet engineered an explosion
dog hurt uncles
. . . this rage - I have never forgotten it - contained every anger, every revolt I had ever felt in my life - the way I felt when I saw the black dog hunted, the way I felt when I watched old Uncle Henry taken away to the almshouse, the way I felt whenever I had seen people or animals hurt for the pleasure or profit of others.