Значение внешних и внутренних перемен, которые порою совершаются в нашей жизни, не всегда сразу нам ясно. Мы потрясены, испуганы - а потом как будто … - Theodore Dreiser

she was no common girl, no toy of the passing hour.

A real flame of love is a subtle thing. It burns as a will-o'-the-wisp, dancing onward to fairy lands of delight. It roars as a furnace. Too often jealousy is the quality upon which it feeds.

"Carrie felt this as a personal reproof. She read "Dora Thorne," or had a great deal in the past. It seemed only fair to her, but she supposed that people thought it very fine. Now this clear- eyed, fine-headed youth, who looked something like a student to her, made fun of it. It was poor to him, not worth reading. She looked down, and for the first time felt the pain of not understanding."