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"For while Clyde was obviously very impatient and eager to be with her as much as possible, still he did not appear to be very ready with suggestions—available ones."

Theodore Dreiser. An American Tragedy . Jovian Press. Kindle Edition.

"As for the parents of Roberta, they were excellent examples of that native type of Americanism which resists facts and reveres illusion."

Theodore Dreiser. An American Tragedy . Jovian Press. Kindle Edition.

"Then the twain smiled most wisely, a choice bit between them. Ruza Nikoforitch was jealous."

Theodore Dreiser. An American Tragedy . Jovian Press. Kindle Edition.

“I would like to see what he’s like, wouldn’t you?” Myra asked her mother.

“Yes. And I do hope he measures up to all of your father’s expectations. He will not feel right if he doesn’t.”

Theodore Dreiser. An American Tragedy . Jovian Press. Kindle Edition.

"And Clyde felt for the moment as though he could cry too. For life was so strange, so hard at times."

Theodore Dreiser. An American Tragedy . Jovian Press. Kindle Edition.

"No doubt all she said was true. There were others who had more and would spend more. He was boasting and being ridiculous and she was laughing at him."

Theodore Dreiser. An American Tragedy . Jovian Press. Kindle Edition.

"He would not tolerate any nonsense. That must be understood now, once and for all."

Theodore Dreiser. An American Tragedy . Jovian Press. Kindle Edition.

So that all the while, and not unlike her brother Clyde, her thoughts as well as her emotions were wandering here and there— to love, to comfort—to things which in the main had little, if anything, to do with any self-abnegating and self-immolating religious theory. Within her was a chemism of dreams which somehow counteracted all they had to say.

Theodore Dreiser. An American Tragedy . Jovian Press. Kindle Edition