--- title: "1 Curmudgeon Quotes By Julia Glass" description: "1 Curmudgeon quotes by Julia Glass. Plus more from Julia Glass and more Curmudgeon sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/julia-glass-3667_curmudgeon_carrying-a-plate-on-which-she-d-placed-a_3162732.png" --- > [“Carrying a plate on which she'd placed a sandwich made with burlap bread, she looked over my shoulder.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-glass/carrying-a-plate-on-which-she-d-placed-a-sandwich-made-with-burlap/) [Julia Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-glass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/julia-glass-3667_curmudgeon_carrying-a-plate-on-which-she-d-placed-a_3162732.png) ## More by Julia Glass > [Nothing teaches great writing like the very best books do. Yet, good teachers often help students cross that bridge, and I have to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-glass/nothing-teaches-great-writing-like-the-very-best-books-do-yet-good/) [Julia Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-glass/) > [In every novel, I write about something - a place, an experience, an emotion - with which I'm intimately familiar, but it's also crucial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-glass/in-every-novel-i-write-about-something-a-place-an-experience-an/) [Julia Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-glass/) > [In my head, at least, the business of spinning stories has no closing time. Twists in my characters' lives, glimpses of their secrets, obstacles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-glass/in-my-head-at-least-the-business-of-spinning-stories-has-no-closing/) [Julia Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-glass/) > [I am not opposed to e-readers. Any technology that encourages the reading of literature is a good thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-glass/i-am-not-opposed-to-e-readers-any-technology-that-encourages-the/) [Julia Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-glass/) > [A good novel is an out-of-self experience. It lifts you off the ground so that you have the sensation of flying. It says, 'Look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-glass/a-good-novel-is-an-out-of-self-experience-it-lifts-you-off-the-ground/) [Julia Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-glass/) > [“Some might have referred to Vince, Buck and Calvin as "ordinary fellows" or "salt of the earth". Such terms are merely code for men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-glass/some-might-have-referred-to-vince-buck-and-calvin-as-ordinary-fellows/) [Julia Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-glass/) > [Call me territorial or narcissistic, but I avoid novels about people who share my vocation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-glass/call-me-territorial-or-narcissistic-but-i-avoid-novels-about-people/) [Julia Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-glass/) > [Now is almost always the better choice. You never know about later.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-glass/now-is-almost-always-the-better-choice-you-never-know-about-later/) [Julia Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-glass/) > [“On Thursday, the sandwiches Greenie made were pork tenderloins with chipotle mustard, the soup a puree of beets and pears with Beaujolais wine and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-glass/on-thursday-the-sandwiches-greenie-made-were-pork-tenderloins-with/) [Julia Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-glass/) > [Most inexperienced cooks believe, mistakenly, that a fine cake is less challenging to produce than a fine souffle or mousse. I know, however, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-glass/most-inexperienced-cooks-believe-mistakenly-that-a-fine-cake-is-less/) [Julia Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-glass/) > [I have struggled for decades now with the fear of and resistance to change - mostly in the realms of technology, transportation, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-glass/i-have-struggled-for-decades-now-with-the-fear-of-and-resistance-to/) [Julia Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-glass/) > [“None of this Mad Mario showmanship- orange clogs and Bermuda shorts fit for Babar, sweetbreads garnished with squash blossoms stuffed with cheese from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-glass/none-of-this-mad-mario-showmanship-orange-clogs-and-bermuda-shorts/) [Julia Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-glass/) > [“Bet you did not know that in Mexico they call a Palomino an Isabella. Or that George Washington's warhorse was an Arab named Magnolia.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-glass/bet-you-did-not-know-that-in-mexico-they-call-a-palomino-an-isabella/) [Julia Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-glass/) > [“Always more to learn, that's the pain and the pleasure”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-glass/always-more-to-learn-that-s-the-pain-and-the-pleasure/) [Julia Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-glass/) > [“Well, yes, there were quite a lot of books throughout, tumbling out of haphazardly placed bookshelves, stacked beneath chairs, beside beds, even in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-glass/well-yes-there-were-quite-a-lot-of-books-throughout-tumbling-out-of/) [Julia Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-glass/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curmudgeon/julia-glass/#itemlist", "name": "1 Curmudgeon Quotes By Julia Glass", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Carrying a plate on which she'd placed a sandwich made with burlap bread, she looked over my shoulder.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Julia Glass" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-glass/carrying-a-plate-on-which-she-d-placed-a-sandwich-made-with-burlap/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/julia-glass-3667_curmudgeon_carrying-a-plate-on-which-she-d-placed-a_3162732.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/julia-glass-3667_curmudgeon_carrying-a-plate-on-which-she-d-placed-a_3162732.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/julia-glass-3667_curmudgeon_carrying-a-plate-on-which-she-d-placed-a_3162732.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Carrying a plate on which she'd placed a sandwich made with burlap bread, she looked over my shoulder.” — Julia Glass", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curmudgeon/julia-glass/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curmudgeon/julia-glass/", "name": "Curmudgeon Quotes by Julia Glass", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curmudgeon/julia-glass/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/julia-glass-3667_curmudgeon_carrying-a-plate-on-which-she-d-placed-a_3162732.png" }, "description": "1 Curmudgeon quotes by Julia Glass. 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