Ellen Wood may refer to:
- Ellen Wood (author) (1814–1887), English novelist, better known as "Mrs. Henry Wood"
- Ellen Meiksins Wood (born 1942), historian and critic of political theory
- Ellen Thelma Wood (1901–1970), artist, model for Robin Vote in Djuna Barnes's novel Nightwood
Famous quotes containing the words ellen wood, ellen and/or wood:
“We are truly indefatigable in providing for the needs of the body, but we starve the soul.”
—Ellen Wood (1813–87)
“I know that each stage is not going to last forever. I used to think that when he was little. Whenever he was in a bad stage I thought that he was going to be like that for the rest of his life and that I’d better do something to shape him up. When he was in a good state, I thought he was going to be a perfect child and I would never have to worry; he was always going to stay that way.”
—Anonymous Parent of An Eight-Year-Old. As quoted in Between Generations by Ellen Galinsky, ch. 4 (1981)
“For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 23:31.