I believe in the compelling power of love. I do not understand it. I believe it to be the most fragrant blossom of all this thorny existence. Theodore Dreiser More Quotes by Theodore Dreiser More Quotes From Theodore Dreiser Remember, love is all a woman has to give, but it is the only thing which God permits us to carry beyond the grave. Theodore Dreiser remember love-is giving Morality and ethics are nothing but footballs, wherewith people, strong people play to win points. Theodore Dreiser strong winning football Why must women torment me so? Theodore Dreiser torment women I sacrifice to the God of Beauty — the impulse to beauty in nature. Here are flowers. Here is wine spilled on the floor. I will burn incense & myrhh. I will kneel & strike my breast & touch the dust with my forehead. I will I will! Only do not forsake me, Oh God of beauty. Theodore Dreiser strikes dust beauty The Irish are a philosophic as well as a practical race. Their first and strongest impulse is to make the best of a bad situation to put a better face on evil than it normally wears. Theodore Dreiser race evil faces Dreiser wanted to write the next great American novel, and his desperation pervades [ Sister Carrie ] like an unsavory pit stain. Theodore Dreiser pits next writing When 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 girl home fall When a man, however passively, becomes an obstacle to the fulfillment of a woman's desires, he becomes an odious thing in her eyes, - or will, given time enough. Theodore Dreiser eye desire men A 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 Dreiser flames real love-is
