Ellen GlasgowThinkers

Beauty is, and has always been, hostile to the commonplace.

Cruelty is the only sin.

Ecstasy is, and always has always been, hostile to the commonplace.

An Idea is relevant only to its time — No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modem. No idea is so modem that it will not someday be antiquated.

Irony is an indispensable ingredient of the critical vision; the safest antidote to sentimental decay.

Suitable is the last thing we ever want.

Woman is one of the Almighty's enigmas to prove to men that he knows more than they do.

Writer's block is awful. The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.

The Zeitgeist is in contant flux — No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modem. No idea is so modem that it will not someday be antiquated.