Ellen Glasgow

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

He knows so little and knows it so fluently.

Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity.

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

There wouldn't be half as much fun in the world if it weren't for children and men, and there ain't a mite of difference between them under the skins.

Women like to sit down with trouble - as if it were knitting.