Quotes: Small Town (5)

Small town     204          "Miss Stowbody expressed the fundamental principle of the American drama: the only way to be artistic is to present Shakespeare." Sinclair Lewis, Main Street.

Small town     223         "How bravely and generously it [Gopher Prairie] did its work, forwarding the bread of the world, feeding and healing the farmers." Sinclair Lewis, Main Street.

Small town     217         "…two traditions of the American small town…first tradition…is that the American village remains the one sure abode of friendship, honesty, and clean sweet marriageable girls." Sinclair Lewis, Main Street.

Small town     257         "The other tradition [of the American small town] is that [among] the significant features of all villages are…shrewd comic old men who are known as 'hicks' and who ejaculate 'Wall I swan.' " Sinclair Lewis, Main Street.

Small town     257         " …unread sets of Mark Twain…." Sinclair Lewis, Main Street.