She was not a Respectable Married Woman but fully a human being. - Sinclair Lewis

He was permitted, without restriction, to speak of himself as immoral, agnostic and socialistic, so long as it was universally known that he remained pure, Presbyterian, and Republican. ~ Ch. 2

The towers of Zenith aspired above the morning mist; austere towers of steel and cement and limestone, sturdy as cliffs and delicate as silver rods. ~ Ch. 1 [first sentence]

Everything seemed confused and contradictory, and he longed for one clear command from a divine martinet. ~ Ch. 7