No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated.
Ellen GlasgowAlthough the primitive in art may be both interesting and impressive, as portrayed in American fiction it is conspicuous for dullness alone. Drab persons living drab lives, observed by drab minds and reported in drab writing.
Ellen GlasgowIn her abhorrrence of a vacuum, Nature, for the furtherance of her favorite hobby, has often to resort to strange devices. If she could but understand that vacuity is sometimes better than superfluity!
Ellen Glasgow