Quotes

Quotes - Gilman

A million million worlds that move in peace;
A million mighty laws that never cease;
And one small ant-heap, hidden by small weeds,
Rich with eggs, slaves and store of millet-seeds.
They sleep beneath the sod
And trust in God.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Said I, in scorn all burning hot,
In rage and anger high,
"You ignominious idiot,
Those wings are made to fly!"

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

"I do not want to be a fly,
I want to be a worm!"

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Said the little Eohippus, "I am going to be a horse, And on my middle fingernails To run my earthly course! . . . . I'm going to have a flowing tail! I'm going to have a mane! I'm going to stand fourteen hands high On the Psychozoic plain!"

Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman

A man from hell is not afraid of hot ashes.

Dorothy Gilman