"Kathlyn stood calmly watching; for this studious girl, way up in an "ology" or two, knows that, by slow, thoughtful watching, you can gain much, as against working up a wild, panicky condition."
Ernest Vincent Wright was an American writer best known for his 1939 novel Gadsby, a 50,000-word lipogrammatic work which avoids the letter "E".
"Though it was long thought that womans brain was minor in comparison with mans, woman, as a class, now-a-day shows an all-round activity; and has brought staid control to official actions which had had a long run through domination by man;—that proud, cocky, strutting animal who thinks that this gigantic world should hop, skip and jump at his commands."
Ernest Vincent Wright"If you want to hold a crowd, just mystify it."
Ernest Vincent Wright"What a City Council should do, and what it will do, dont always match up."
Ernest Vincent Wright"Now Branton Hills had, as you know, built this school for public instruction; and, as with all such institutions, visiting days occur. And what a display of goods and workmanship! And what bright, happy pupils, standing proudly back of it! For mankind knows hardly a joy which will surpass that of approval of his work."
Ernest Vincent Wright"Boys, at war, so far away, will naturally droop, both in body and mind, from lack of a particular girls snuggling and cuddling."
Ernest Vincent Wright"A human mind was built for contact with similar minds. It should,—in fact,—it must think about what is going on around it; for, if it is shut up in a thick, dark, bony box of a skull, it will always stay in that condition known as "status quo;" and grow up, antagonistic to all surroundings."
Ernest Vincent Wright