“If I were to name the one crying evil of American life, Mr. Derrick, it would be the indifference of the better people to public affairs. It is so in all our great centres. There are other great trusts, God… — Frank Norris Copy Share Image
“If I were to name the one crying evil of American life, Mr. Derrick, it would be the indifference of the better people to… — Frank Norris Copy Share Image
“Wait till you see-at the same time that your family is dying for lack of bread-a hundred thousand acres of wheat-millions of bushels of… — Frank Norris Copy Share Image
“Believe this, young man," exclaimed Shelgrim, layinga thick powerful forefinger on the table to emphasize his words, "try to believe this - to begin… — Frank Norris Copy Share Image
“A literature that cannot be vulgarized is no literature at all and will perish.” — Frank Norris Copy Share Image
[The Muse of our Fiction of the future] will lead you - if you are humble and honest with her - straight into a… — Frank Norris Copy Share Image
Evil is short lived. Never judge of the whole round of life by the mere segment you can see. The whole is, in the… — Frank Norris Copy Share Image
No one to love, none to caress, Left all alone in this world's wilderness. — Frank Norris Copy Share Image
Fancy a novel about Chicago or Buffalo, let us say, or Nashville, Tennessee! There are just three big cities in the United States that… — Frank Norris Copy Share Image
“Goo'-by, ole Bill, by-by. There you go, an' the signal o' distress roun' you, H. B. 'I'm in need of assistance.' Lord, here comes… — Frank Norris Copy Share Image
Things can happen in some cities and the tale of them will be interesting: the same story laid in another city would be ridiculous. — Frank Norris Copy Share Image
“It belonged to the changeless order of things---the man desiring the woman only for what she withholds; the woman worshipping the man for that… — Frank Norris Copy Share Image