Theodore Dreiser Quote

People in general attach too much importance to words. They are under the illusion that talking effects great results. As a matter of fact, words are, as a rule, the shallowest portion of all the argument. They but dimly represent the great surging feelings and desires which lie behind. When the distraction of the tongue is removed, the heart listens.


Sister Carrie (1900)


People in general attach too much importance to words. They are under the illusion that talking effects great results. As a matter of fact, words...

People in general attach too much importance to words. They are under the illusion that talking effects great results. As a matter of fact, words...

People in general attach too much importance to words. They are under the illusion that talking effects great results. As a matter of fact, words...

People in general attach too much importance to words. They are under the illusion that talking effects great results. As a matter of fact, words...