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
age youth
But youth isn't happy. Youth is sadder than age.
blessing america track
America has enjoyed the doubtful blessing of a single-track mind.
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!
writing self independence
I had no place in any coterie, or in any reciprocal self-advertising. I stood alone. I stood outside. I wanted only to learn. I wanted only to write better.
fire dry tongue
I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say.
jealousy anger heart
anger and jealousy are spasms of the nerves, not of the heart.
bird form engaging
Few forms of life are so engaging as birds.
youth cynicism
Cynicism is a sure sign of youth.
eternity ends
Nobody, not even the old, not even the despairing, wished to come to an end in time or in eternity.
lonely enough used
I've liked life well enough, but I reckon I'll like death even better as soon as I've gotten used to the feel of it. ... I shouldn't be amazed to find it less lonely than life after I'm once safely settled.
dignity anachronism
Dignity is an anachronism.
lasts want suitable
The suitable is the last thing we ever want.
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.
drinking may misery
To drink for pleasure may be a distraction, but to drink from misery is always a danger.