Elizabeth Hardwick may refer to:
- Bess of Hardwick (1527–1608), Elizabethan courtier
- Elizabeth Hardwick (writer) (1916–2007), American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer
Famous quotes containing the words elizabeth hardwick, elizabeth and/or hardwick:
“Mothers born on relief have their babies on relief. Nothingness, truly, seems to be the condition of these New York people.... They are nomads going from one rooming house to another, looking for a toilet that functions.”
—Elizabeth Hardwick (b. 1916)
“...we never worked for white people in their homes. No, sir, not even once! That is one of the accomplishments in my life of which I am the most proud, yes, sir!”
—Annie Elizabeth Delany (b. 1891)
“The fifties—they seem to have taken place on a sunny afternoon that asked nothing of you except a drifting belief in the moment and its power to satisfy.”
—Elizabeth Hardwick (b. 1916)