It would be better to give up the notion of writing until you are better prepared. Now it's time to be living. I don't want to frighten you, but I wo… - Sherwood Anderson

The thing to learn is to know what people are thinking about, not what they say.

the important thing to learn is to know what people think, not what they say

To be civilized, really, is to be aware of the others, their hopes, their gladnesses, their illusions about life

You see it is likely that, when my brother told the story, that night when we got home and my mother and sister sat listening, I did not think he got the point. He was too young and so was I. A thing so complete has its own beauty.

I shall not try to emphasize the point. I am only explaining why I was dissatisfied then and have been ever since. I speak of that only that you may understand why I have been impelled to try to tell the simple story over again.

Many people must live and die alone, even in Winesburg.