31 Quotes by Frank Norris

The ancient little dressmaker was at all times willing to talk of Old Grannis to anybody that would listen, quite unconscious of the gossip of the flat.

Neither of them had asked that this thing should be – that their destinies, their very souls, should be the sport of chance. If they could have known, they would have shunned the fearful risk. But they were allowed no voice in the matter. Why should it all be?

Frenna did a big business all day long. The murder was the one subject of conversation. Little parties were made up in his saloon – parties of twos and threes – to go over and have a look at the outside of the junk shop. Heise was the most important man the length and breadth of Polk Street; almost invariably he accompanied these parties, telling again and again of the part he had played in the affair.

The People have a right to the Truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.