Babbitt knew that in this place of death Paul was already dead. And as he pondered on the train home something in his own self seemed to have died: a loyal and vigorous faith in the goodness of the world, a fear of public disfavor, a pride in success.
Sinclair LewisShe was snatched back from a dream of far countries, and found herself on Main Street.
Sinclair Lewis[...] all of the good-intentioners who wanted to 'do something for the common people' were insignificant, because the 'common people' were able to do things for themselves, and highly likely to, as soon as they learned the fact.
Sinclair LewisIt's one of our favorite American myths that broad plains necessarily make broad minds, and high mountains make high purpose.
Sinclair LewisYour lips are for songs about rivers in the morning and lakes at twilight.
Sinclair LewisNo matter even if you are cold, I like you better than anybody in the world. One time I said that you were my soul. And that still goes. You're all the things that I see in a sunset when I'm driving in from the country, the things that I like but can't make poetry of.
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