And then he sank back and tried, as usual, not to think. He must succeed. That's what the world was made for. That's what he was made for. That was what he would have to do.
Theodore DreiserMorality and ethics are nothing but footballs, wherewith people, strong people play to win points.
Theodore DreiserWords are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes.
Theodore DreiserIf I were personally to define religion, I would say that it is a bandage that man has invented to protect a soul made bloody by circustance.
Theodore Dreiser