Quotes from Winesburg, Ohio — Sherwood Anderson
1876–1941 United States
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Everyone in the world is Christ and they are all crucified.
Winesburg, Ohio (1919)
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)
"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)