When a man, however passively, becomes an obstacle to the fulfillment of a woman's desires, he becomes an odious thing in her eyes, - or will, given time enough.
Theodore DreiserLife is a God-damned, stinking, treacherous game and nine hundred and ninety-nine men out of a thousand are bastards.
Theodore DreiserLet no one underestimate the need of pity. We live in a stony universe whose hard, brilliant forces rage fiercely.
Theodore Dreiser