William Dean Howells
Novelist
1837-03-01 – 1920-05-11
William Dean Howells was an American novelist, literary critic, and editor associated with literary realism. He edited The Atlantic Monthly and helped shape late 19th-century U.S. fiction through both his writing and criticism.
Books by William Dean Howells
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Quotes by William Dean Howells
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It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.
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The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.
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Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?
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He who sleeps in continual noise is awakened by silence.
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It is the curse of prosperity that it takes work away from us, and shuts that door to hope and health of spirit.
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Each one of us must suffer long to himself before he can learn that he is but one in a great community of wretchedness which has been pitilessly repeating itself from the foundation of the world.
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