Sherwood Anderson Quotes
1876–1941 United States
Sherwood Anderson (13 September 1876 – 8 March 1941) was an American writer, mainly of short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg, Ohio.
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Everyone in the world is Christ and they are all crucified.
Winesburg, Ohio (1919)
The life of reality is confused, disorderly, almost always without apparent purpose, whereas in the artist's imaginative life there is purpose.
It is apparent that nations cannot exist for us. They are the playthings of children, such toys as children break from boredom and weariness.
A New Testament (1927)
The young man's mind was carried away by his growing passion for dreams.
Winesburg, Ohio (1919)
In the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as truth. Man made the truths himself and each truth was a composite of a great many vague thoughts. All about in the world were truths and they were all beautiful.
Winesburg, Ohio (1919)
I don’t want to frighten you, but I would like to make you understand the import of what you think of attempting. You must not become a mere peddler of words. The thing to learn is to know what people are thinking about, not what they say.
Winesburg, Ohio (1919)
Sometimes I think we Americans are the loneliest people in the world. To be sure, we hunger for the power of affection, the self-acceptance that gives life. It is the oldest and strongest hunger in the world. But hungering is not enough.
Memoirs (1942)
"Love is like a wind stirring the grass beneath trees on a black night," he had said. "You must not try to be definite and sure about it and to live beneath the trees, where soft night winds blow, the long hot day of disappointment comes swiftly and the gritty dust from passing wagons gathers upon lips inflamed and made tender by kisses."
Winesburg, Ohio (1919)