He began to see as one sees a city with a wall about it. Me… - Theodore Dreiser

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He began to see as one sees a city with a wall about it. Men were posted at the gates. You could not get in. Those inside did not care to come out to see who you were. They were so merry inside there that all those outside were forgotten, and he was on the outside.

Theodore Dreiser

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Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American naturalist author known for dealing with the gritty reality of life.

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you could no more see him in the light that you do than you could rise out of that box and fly through those windows.

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She merely beamed a fatty beam. She was almost ponderous, and pink, with a tendency to a double chin.

He began to see as one sees a city with a wall about it. Men were posted at the gates. You could not get in. Those inside did not care to come out to… - Theodore Dreiser

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