Sherwood Anderson Quotes

Most popular Sherwood Anderson Quotes

A man needs a purpose for real health. - Sherwood Anderson quote.
A man needs a purpose for real health.
— Sherwood Anderson Sherwood Anderson: A Writer in America, Vol. 1

purpose of life

One of the things man has to fight most bitterly is the influence of those who love him. - Sherwood Anderson quote.
One of the things man has to fight most bitterly is the influence of those who love him.
— Sherwood Anderson

influence

There is within every human being a deep well of thinking over which a heavy iron lid is kept clamped. - Sherwood Anderson quote.
There is within every human being a deep well of thinking over which a heavy iron lid is kept clamped.
— Sherwood Anderson Sherwood Anderson: A Writer in America

thinking

People who have few possessions cling tightly to those they have. That is one of the facts that make life so discouraging. - Sherwood Anderson quote.
People who have few possessions cling tightly to those they have. That is one of the facts that make life so discouraging.
— Sherwood Anderson The Triumph of the Egg

possessions

In every human body there is a great well of silent thinking always going on.... There is a deposit of thoughts, of unexpressed emotions....  There is a heavy iron lid clamped over the mouth of the well.  When the lid is safely in place one gets on all right....  Sometimes at night, in dreams, the lid trembles. - Sherwood Anderson quote.
In every human body there is a great well of silent thinking always going on.... There is a deposit of thoughts, of unexpressed emotions....  There is a heavy iron lid clamped over the mouth of the well.  When the lid is safely in place one gets on all right....  Sometimes at night, in dreams, the lid trembles.
— Sherwood Anderson Many Marriages

dreams (during sleep)