Rose Wilder Lane (December 5, 1886 – October 30, 1968) was an American journalist, travel writer, novelist, and political theorist. She is noted (with Ayn Rand and Isabel Paterson) as one of the founders of the American libertarian movement.
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“That way of life against which my generation rebelled had given us grim courage, fortitude, self-discipline, a sense of individual responsibility, and a capacity for relentless hard work.”
—Rose Wilder Lane (1886–1968)
“An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“Helen: What do you do?
Don: Yes, what do I do? I’m a writer. I’ve just started a novel. As a matter of fact, I’ve started several but I never seem to finish one.
Helen: Well, in that case, why don’t you write short stories?
Don: Oh, I have some of those. The first paragraph.”
—Billy Wilder (b. 1906)
“The dusk runs down the lane driven like hail;
Far off a precise whistle is escheat
To the dark; and then the towering weak and pale....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)