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
moral originality wiser
it is wiser to be conventionally immoral than unconventionally moral. It isn't the immorality they object to, but the originality.
brother endurance jam
A doctrine of endurance flows easily from our lips when we are enduring jam and our neighbors dry bread, and it is still possible for us to become resigned to the afflictions of our brother.
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.
government want mules
The government's like a mule, it's slow and it's sure; it's slow to turn, and it's sure to turn the way you don't want it.
happiness grandpa
Grandpa says we've got everything to make us happy but happiness.
happiness may
Life may take away happiness. But it can't take away having had it.
happiness annuals hardy
Happiness is a hardy annual.
human-nature humans human-beings
I liked human beings, but I did not love human nature.
writing imagination vivid
I suppose I am a born novelist, for the things I imagine are more vital and vivid to me than the things I remember.
decay surrender assault
nations decay from within more often than they surrender to outward assault.
american-novelist hard life
No life is so hard that you cannot make it easier by the way you take it.
american-novelist difference grave rut
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.