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
romance literature innocence
... to be "literary" appeared to my deluded innocence as an unending romance.
advice agree beginning prove taking word
I agree with every word you write, and I can prove this in no better way than by taking your advice from beginning to end.
american-novelist change movement
All change is not growth; all movement is not forward.
repetition stale
Words, like acts, become stale when they are repeated.
sentimental sentimentality
I revolted from sentimentality, less because it was false than because it was cruel.
remembrance desire illogical
Nothing is more consuming, or more illogical, than the desire for remembrance.
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.
return impermanence hardest
The hardest thing for me is the sense of impermanence. All passes; nothing returns.
valleys sanctuary spirituality
Preserve, within a wild sanctuary, an inaccessible valley of reverie.
humanity human-nature being-human
I don't like human nature, but I do like human beings.
dream adventure mind
Life is never what one dreams. It is seldom what one desires, but for the vital spirit and the eager mind, the future will always hold the search for buried treasure and the possibility of high adventure.
courage culture youth
Insolent youth rides, now, in the whirlwind. For those modern iconoclasts who are without culture possess, apparently, all the courage.