Ellen Glasgow

Human nature. I don’t like human nature, but I do like human beings.

The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward

There is no support so strong as the strength that enables one to stand alone.

Most women want their youth back again; but I wouldn't have mine back at any price. The worst years of my life are behind me, and my best ones ahead.

The only natural human beings seem to be those who are making trouble.

Grandfather used to say that when a woman got ready to fall in love the man didn't matter, because she could drape her feeling over a scarecrow and pretend he was handsome. . .

Moderation has never yet engineered an explosion.

In the past few years, I have made a thrilling discovery ... that until one is over sixty, one can never really learn the secret of living. One can then begin to live, not simply with the intense part of oneself, but with one's entire being.