three sinclair lewis quotes.
"when fascism comes to america, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross."
"all of them perceived that american democracy did not imply any equality of wealth, but did demand a wholesome sameness of thought, dress, painting, morals, and vocabulary."
"i think perhaps we want a more conscious life. we're tired of drudging and sleeping and dying. we're tired of seeing just a few people able to be individualists. we're tired of always deferring hope till the next generation. we're tired of hearing politicians and priests and cautious reformers ... coax us, 'be calm! be patient! wait! we have the plans for a utopia already made; just wiser than you'. for ten thousand years they've said that. we want our utopia now - and we're going to try our hands at it."
i'll have you know that sinclair lewis was the first american to win the nobel price for literature (1930). oh, and he got a pulitzer in 1926, too - and refused it.
you should read a few of his novels. all of them are still eerily relevant.
"all of them perceived that american democracy did not imply any equality of wealth, but did demand a wholesome sameness of thought, dress, painting, morals, and vocabulary."
"i think perhaps we want a more conscious life. we're tired of drudging and sleeping and dying. we're tired of seeing just a few people able to be individualists. we're tired of always deferring hope till the next generation. we're tired of hearing politicians and priests and cautious reformers ... coax us, 'be calm! be patient! wait! we have the plans for a utopia already made; just wiser than you'. for ten thousand years they've said that. we want our utopia now - and we're going to try our hands at it."
i'll have you know that sinclair lewis was the first american to win the nobel price for literature (1930). oh, and he got a pulitzer in 1926, too - and refused it.
you should read a few of his novels. all of them are still eerily relevant.