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Unhappy women are given to protecting their sensitiveness by cynical gossip, by whining, by high-church and new-thought religions, or by a fog of vagueness.

Sinclair Lewis

Illuminating and making glad again the dark clouds of life. It is the morning and the evening star, that in glad refulgence, there on the awed horizon, call Nature’s hearts to an uplifted rejoicing in God’s marvelous firmament!
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Cloud Evening Firmannent Glad God Illuminate Make Marvelous Morning Refulgence Uplift
Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Being Give High Man Oratory Principle
Fortune has dealt with me rather too well. I have known little struggle, not much poverty, many generosities.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Dealt Fortune Generosity Known Many Much Poverty Rather Struggle Well
I was brought up to believe that the Christian God wasn’t a scared and compromising public servant, but the creator of the whole merciless truth, and I reckon that training spoiled me – I actually took my teachers seriously!
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Believe Brought Christianity Compromise Creator God Merciless Public Scare Servant Truth Whole
His name was George F. Babbitt, and . . . he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Afford Call Country House More Name Nimble Pay People Person Sell
A sensational event was changing from the brown suit to the gray the contents of his pockets. He was earnest about these objects. They were of eternal importance, like baseball or the Republican Party.
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Brown Change Content Event Object Pocket Sensational Suit Warn
Writing is just work-there’s no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type or write with your toes-it’s still just work.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Dictate Just No Pen Secret Toe Type Use Work Write Writeing
It isn’t what you earn but how spend it that fixes your class.
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Class Earn Fix Spend
People read fiction for emotion-not information
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Emotion Fiction Information People Read
I’ve heard of their curing syphilis by giving the patient malaria, but I’ve never heard of their curing malaria by giving the patient syphilis.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Curing Give Heard Malaria Patient Syphill
When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we’ll be funnier to look at than to read.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Audience Author Come Funnier Hope Largely Lecture Raed See
He loved the people just as much as he feared and detested persons.
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Detest Fear Just Love Much People Person
Don’t be a writer. Writing is an escape from something. You be a scientist.
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Escape Scientist Something Writer
I must say I’m not very fond of oratory that’s so full of energy it hasn’t any room for facts.
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Energy Fact Fond Full Must Oratory Room Very
I have for myself no conceivable complaint to make, and yet for American literature in general, and its standing in a country where industrialism and finance and science flourish and the only arts that are vital and respected are architecture and the film, I have a considerable complaint.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Complaint Conceivable Country General Have Industrialism Literature Make Myself Stand Yet
Fascism will come to America wrapped in a flag.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Come Country Fascism Flag Wrap

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