All Ellen Glasgow Quotes
- Spring, which germinated in the earth, moved also with a strange restlessness, in the hearts of... women. As the weeks passed, inextinguishable hope, which mounts… Earth
- The hardest thing to believe when you're young is that people will fight to stay in a rut, but not to get out of one. Believe
- After all, you can't expect men not to judge by appearances. All
- As far back as I remember, long before I could write, I had played at making stories. But not until I was seven or more,… Begin
- I don't like human nature, but I do like human beings. Beings
- Preserve, within a wild sanctuary, an inaccessible valley of reverie. Inaccessible
- He who demands little gets it. Demand
- ... in the nineteen-thirties ... the most casual reader of murder mysteries could infallibly detect the villain, as soon as there entered a character who… Casual
- Tilling the fertile soil of man's vanity. Fertile
- Nothing is more consuming, or more illogical, than the desire for remembrance. Consuming
- I hated the things they believe in, the things they so innocently and charmingly pretended. I hated the sanctimonious piety that let people hurt helpless… Believe
- The age is a vociferous one, and no prophet is without honor who is able to strike an attitude and to speak loud enough to… Able
- Only on the surface of things have I ever trod the beaten path. So long as I could keep from hurting anyone else, I have… Alone
- That was the worst of being poor, you couldn't give the right things in sickness. Give
- Many of the men who had come to the wilderness to practice religion appeared to have forgotten its true nature. Appeared
- It is only by knowing how little life has in store for us that we are able to look on the bright side and avoid… Able
- I am inclined to believe that a man may be free to do anything he pleases if only he will accept responsibility for whatever he… Accept
- I revolted from sentimentality, less because it was false than because it was cruel. Cruel
- Doesn't all experience crumble in the end to mere literary material? All
- There wouldn't be half as much fun in the world if it weren't for children and men, and there ain't a mite of difference between… Children
- Spring was running in a thin green flame over the valley. Flame
- It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me. All
- All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. All
- Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity. Always Win
- The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions. Change