Quotes From "Death In The Woods And Other Stories" By Sherwood Anderson

1
People keep on getting married. Evidently hope is eternal in the human breast. Sherwood Anderson
2
I may stay here in this town another day or I may go on to another town. No one knows where I am. I am taking this bath in life, as you see, and when I have had enough of it I shall go home feeling refreshed. Sherwood Anderson
3
You see it is likely that, when my brother told the story, that night when we got home and my mother and sister sat listening, I did not think he got the point. He was too young and so was I. A thing so complete has its own beauty. Sherwood Anderson
4
She is always pretending she loves me, but look at her now. Am I in her thoughts? Is there a tender look in her eyes? Is she dreaming of me as she walks along the streets? Sherwood Anderson
5
Wait and wait. Most people's lives are spent waiting. Sherwood Anderson
6
Most of us live our lives like toads, sitting perfectly still, under a plantain leaf. We are waiting for a fly to come our way. When it comes out darts the tongue. We nab it. That is all. We eat it. Sherwood Anderson