Morality and ethics are nothing but footballs, wherewith people, strong people play to win points.
Theodore DreiserA real flame of love is a subtle thing. It burns as a will-o'-the-wisp, dancing onward to fairy lands of delight. It roars as a furnace. Too often jealousy is the quality upon which it feeds.
Theodore DreiserLove is the only thing you can really give in all this world. When you give love, you give everything.
Theodore DreiserWhen a girl leaves her home at eighteen, she does one of two things. Either she falls into saving hands and becomes better, or she rapidly assumes the cosmopolitan standard of virtue and becomes worse
Theodore Dreiser