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The young man's mind was carried away by his growing passion for dreams.

— Sherwood Anderson Winesburg, Ohio (1919)

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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)

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)

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Some of my youthful readers are developing wonderful imaginations. This pleases me.

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Religion in so far as it is a source of consolation is a hindrance to true faith; and in this sense atheism is a purification.

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