Mind Quotes by Sinclair Lewis

8 Mind quotes by Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis, ever the keen observer of society, turns his pen to the mind in these eight short statements. The quotes carry his signature sharpness, giving readers a brisk yet insightful look at inner life.

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It might be the doing of Satan, in whom Aaron anxiously believed with all of his being except, perhaps, his mind.

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“He who had been a boy very credulous of life was no longer greatly interested in the possible and improbable adventures of…

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She did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them.

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It's one of our favorite American myths that broad plains necessarily make broad minds, and high mountains make high purpose.

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“He had, for a few days, forgotten that wherever he traveled, he must take his own familiar self along, and that that…

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“Babbitt knew that in this place of death Paul was already dead. And as he pondered on the train home something in…

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“and after saying good-by to him at the station, Babbitt returned to his office to realize that he faced a world which,…

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“For many minutes, for many hours, for a bleak eternity, he lay awake, shivering, reduced to primitive terror, comprehending that he had…

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He loved the people just as much as he feared and detested persons.

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“Day on day he waited. So much of a revolution for so many people is nothing but waiting. That is one reason why tourists…

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“She continued it to Hugh, 'Darling, do you know what mother and you are going to find beyond the blue horizon rim?' 'What?' flatly.…

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Is it possible that nobody has ever known that there never has been a completely civilized man, and won't be for another thousand years?

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“I think perhaps we want a more conscientious life. We're tired of drudging and sleeping and dying. We're tired of always deferring hope to…

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It might be the doing of Satan, in whom Aaron anxiously believed with all of his being except, perhaps, his mind.

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“The author says one character's definition of a classic is any book he'd heard of before he was thirty.”

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“Like all males, he hated to confess ignorance by asking directions,”

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Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.

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“Author sees the "congested idealism" of the generally discontent as reservoir that will support centralized power even while disagreeing with many specific provisions.”

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“The poor we have always with us, and the purpose of the Lord in providing the poor is to enable us of the better…

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