. . . this rage - I have never forgotten it - contained every anger, every revolt I had ever felt in my life - the way I felt when I saw the black dog hunted, the way I felt when I watched old Uncle Henry taken away to the almshouse, the way I felt whenever I had seen people or animals hurt for the pleasure or profit of others.
Ellen GlasgowSurely 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 GlasgowThe share of the sympathetic publisher in the author's success - the true success so different from the ephemeral - is apt to be overlooked in these blatant days, so it is just as well that some of us should keep it in mind.
Ellen GlasgowWomen are one of the Almighty's enigmas to prove to men that He knows more than they do.
Ellen Glasgow