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
past men hard
What a man marries for's hard to tell ... an' what a woman marries for's past findin' out.
two anarchy ordinary
Given two tempers and the time, the ordinary marriage produces anarchy ...
depressing way mediocrity
What depresses me is the inevitable way the second rate forges ahead and the deserving is left behind.
thinking two people
What fools people are when they think they can make two lives belong together by saying words over them.
moral originality wiser
it is wiser to be conventionally immoral than unconventionally moral. It isn't the immorality they object to, but the originality.
decay surrender assault
nations decay from within more often than they surrender to outward assault.
people trying nerves
Nothing is more trying than nerves to people who have none.
memories law longing
Of one thing alone I am very sure: it is a law of our nature that the memory of longing should survive the more fugitive memory of fulfillment.
literature honest being-honest
to be honest and yet popular is almost as difficult in literature as it is in life.
return impermanence hardest
The hardest thing for me is the sense of impermanence. All passes; nothing returns.
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.
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.
vision ingredients sentimental
irony is an indispensable ingredient of the critical vision; it is the safest antidote to sentimental decay.
humble apology way
It would appear, from the best examples, that the proper way of beginning a preface to one's work is with a humble apology for having written at all.