Source: The Miller of Old Church
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Famous Ellen Glasgow Quotes
“What a man marries for's hard to tell ... an' what a woman marries for's past findin' out.”
“It is easy to convince a man who already thinks as you do.”
Source: The Battle Ground
“I never saw the man yet that came out of politics as clean as he went into 'em.”
Source: The Miller of Old Church
“There is no state of satisfaction, because to himself no man is a success.”
Source: The Descendant
“women love with their imagination and men with their senses.”
“Women are one of the Almighty's enigmas to prove to men that He knows more than they do.”
“Do you know there is always a barrier between me and any man or woman who does not like dogs?”
Source: Perfect Companionship: Ellen Glasgow's Selected Correspondence with Women
“After all, you can't expect men not to judge by appearances.”
Source: Works
“Tilling the fertile soil of man's vanity.”
Source: Works
Source: Vein of Iron
Source: Vein of Iron