Surely the novel should be a form of art - but art was not enough. It must contain not only the perfection of art, but the imperfection of nature. Ellen Glasgow More Quotes by Ellen Glasgow More Quotes From Ellen Glasgow All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. Ellen Glasgow organization change positive The worst thing about war is that so many people enjoy it. Ellen Glasgow enjoy war people What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens. Ellen Glasgow motivational happiness inspirational The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give. Ellen Glasgow childhood giving children It is human nature to overestimate the thing you've never had. Ellen Glasgow overestimate human-nature humans 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. Ellen Glasgow mind dream adventure I have little faith in the theory that organized killing is the best prelude to peace. Ellen Glasgow killing littles war The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions. Ellen Glasgow stress humor change Words, like acts, become stale when they are repeated. Ellen Glasgow stale repetition After a day of rain the sun came out suddenly at five o'clock and threw a golden bar into the deep Victorian gloom of the front parlour Ellen Glasgow golden bars rain Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity. Ellen Glasgow mediocrity winning numbers Do you know there is always a barrier between me and any man or woman who does not like dogs? Ellen Glasgow dog friendship men No idea is so antiquitated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not some day be antiquitated . . . to seize the flying thought before it escapes us is our only touch with reality. Ellen Glasgow flying reality ideas Women are one of the Almighty's enigmas to prove to men that He knows more than they do. Ellen Glasgow enigma almighty women Nothing in life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it. Ellen Glasgow motivational inspirational life It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me. Ellen Glasgow forget-the-past lovely birthday A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away. Ellen Glasgow independence credit success Conscience represents a fetich to which good people sacrifice their own happiness, bad people their neighbors'. Ellen Glasgow neighbor sacrifice people there are times when life surprises one, and anything may happen, even what one had hoped for. Ellen Glasgow surprise happens may The government's like a mule, it's slow and it's sure; it's slow to turn, and it's sure to turn the way you don't want it. Ellen Glasgow mules government want
