William Dean Howells

William Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic.
Found 5 thoughts of William Dean Howells

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

William Dean Howells

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

William Dean Howells

We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and only one interest at a time fills these.

William Dean Howells

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.

William Dean Howells

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.

William Dean Howells