Depend on it, that from every condition of distress or evil there is a great reaction, and the greater the evil or distress, the greater the reaction. If we do not get a reaction quick, we will get it long when it does come.
Theodore DreiserArt is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.
Theodore DreiserI believe in the compelling power of love. I do not understand it. I believe it to be the most fragrant blossom of all this thorny existence.
Theodore DreiserLife is made for the strong. There is no mercy in it for the weakโ none...Such is the tragedy of desire.
Theodore Dreiser