"Love is like a wind stirring the grass beneath trees on a black night," he had said. "You must not try to be definite and sure about it and to live beneath the trees, where soft night winds blow, the long hot day of disappointment comes swiftly and the gritty dust from passing wagons gathers upon lips inflamed and made tender by kisses."


"Death" - Winesburg, Ohio (1919)

Sherwood Anderson Quotes

Love is like a wind stirring the grass beneath trees on a black night, he had said. You must not try to be definite and sure about it and to live...

Love is like a wind stirring the grass beneath trees on a black night, he had said. You must not try to be definite and sure about it and to live...

Love is like a wind stirring the grass beneath trees on a black night, he had said. You must not try to be definite and sure about it and to live...

Love is like a wind stirring the grass beneath trees on a black night, he had said. You must not try to be definite and sure about it and to live...