I often think of the different ways Goethe and Darwin got at evolution. Goethe had the poetic conception of it all right; Darwin worked it out step by step. Who's ahead? And which has any business scoffing at the other? — Susan Glaspell Copy Share Image
Defeat furnishes good material to the poets and the artists, but none of us care to have the glory of the conquered apply to… — Susan Glaspell Copy Share
Hurts of childhood live on; in one form or other they are there to the end. — Susan Glaspell Copy Share
What men have thought about life in the past is less important than what you feel about it to-day. — Susan Glaspell Copy Share
I live by the sea, but the body of water I have the most feeling about is the Mississippi River, where I used to… — Susan Glaspell Copy Share
But mayn't desertion be a brave thing? A fine thing? To desert a thing we've gone beyond - to have the courage to desert… — Susan Glaspell Copy Share
They made small effort to cover their raw souls with the mantle of commonplace words. — Susan Glaspell Copy Share
What is a clock? Something agreed upon and arbitrarily imposed upon us. Standard time. Not true time. Symbolizing the whole standardization of our lives. — Susan Glaspell Copy Share
Im an American. Weve translated democracy and brotherhood and equality into enterprise and opportunity and success - and thats getting Americanised. — Susan Glaspell Copy Share
In writing ... remember that the biggest stories are not written about wars, or about politics, or even murders. The biggest stories are written… — Susan Glaspell Copy Share
We all go through the same things - it's all just a different kind of the same thing. — Susan Glaspell Copy Share
“Oh, I wish I’d come over here once in a while! That was a crime! That was a crime! Who’s going to punish that?” — Susan Glaspell Copy Share
I go about in the world - free, busy, happy. Among people, I have no time to think of myself. — Susan Glaspell Copy Share
