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Top 20 Frank Norris Quotes (2025 Update)

Frank Norris Quote: “Evil is short lived. Never judge of the whole round of life by the mere segment you can see. The whole is, in the end, perfect.”

1. “Evil is short lived. Never judge of the whole round of life by the mere segment you can see. The whole is, in the end, perfect.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “No one to love, none to caress, Left all alone in this world’s wilderness.”

2. “No one to love, none to caress, Left all alone in this world’s wilderness.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “Always blame conditions, not men.”

3. “Always blame conditions, not men.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “Wait till you see-at the same time that your family is dying for lack of bread-a hundred thousand acres of wheat-millions of bushels of food-grabbed and gobbled by the Railroad Trust, and then talk of moderation. That talk is just what the Trust wants to hear. It ain’t frightened of that. There’s one thing only it does listen to, one things it is frightened of-the people with dynamite in their hands,-six inches of plugged gaspipe. That talks.”

4. “Wait till you see-at the same time that your family is dying for lack of bread-a hundred thousand acres of wheat-millions of bushels of food-grabbed and gobbled by the Railroad Trust, and then talk of moderation. That talk is just what the Trust wants to hear. It ain’t frightened of that. There’s one thing only it does listen to, one things it is frightened of-the people with dynamite in their hands,-six inches of plugged gaspipe. That talks.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “Things can happen in some cities and the tale of them will be interesting: the same story laid in another city would be ridiculous.”

5. “Things can happen in some cities and the tale of them will be interesting: the same story laid in another city would be ridiculous.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.”

6. “Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “Name is Maria – Miranda – Macapa.” Then, after a pause, she added, as though she had but that moment thought of it, “Had a flying squirrel an’ let him go.”

7. “Name is Maria – Miranda – Macapa.” Then, after a pause, she added, as though she had but that moment thought of it, “Had a flying squirrel an’ let him go.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “I never truckled. I never took off the hat to Fashion and held it out for pennies. I told them the truth. They liked it or they didn’t like it. What had that to do with me? I told them the truth.”

8. “I never truckled. I never took off the hat to Fashion and held it out for pennies. I told them the truth. They liked it or they didn’t like it. What had that to do with me? I told them the truth.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “A literature that cannot be vulgarized is no literature at all and will perish.”

9. “A literature that cannot be vulgarized is no literature at all and will perish.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “No art that is not in the end understood by the People can live or ever did live a single generation.”

10. “No art that is not in the end understood by the People can live or ever did live a single generation.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “Quite an affair had arisen from this circumstance. Miss Baker and Old Grannis were both over sixty, and yet it was current talk amongst the lodgers of the flat that the two were in love with each other. Singularly enough, they were not even acquaintances; never a word had passed between them.”

11. “Quite an affair had arisen from this circumstance. Miss Baker and Old Grannis were both over sixty, and yet it was current talk amongst the lodgers of the flat that the two were in love with each other. Singularly enough, they were not even acquaintances; never a word had passed between them.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “Her avarice had grown to be her one dominant passion; her love of money for the money’s sake brooded in her heart, driving out by degrees every other natural affection.”

12. “Her avarice had grown to be her one dominant passion; her love of money for the money’s sake brooded in her heart, driving out by degrees every other natural affection.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “It was curious to note the effect of the alcohol upon the dentist. It did not make him drunk, it made him vicious. So far from being stupefied, he became, after the fourth glass, active, alert, quick-witted, even talkative; a certain wickedness stirred in him then; he was intractable, mean; and when he had drunk a little more heavily than usual, he found a certain pleasure in annoying and exasperating Trina, even in abusing and hurting her.”

13. “It was curious to note the effect of the alcohol upon the dentist. It did not make him drunk, it made him vicious. So far from being stupefied, he became, after the fourth glass, active, alert, quick-witted, even talkative; a certain wickedness stirred in him then; he was intractable, mean; and when he had drunk a little more heavily than usual, he found a certain pleasure in annoying and exasperating Trina, even in abusing and hurting her.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “I’ll cut him in two – with the whip,” he shouted. “I will, I will, I say I will, for a fact. He wouldn’t fight, hey? I’ll give um all the fight he wants, nasty, mangy cur. If he won’t fight he won’t eat. I’m going to get the butcher’s bull pup and I’ll put um both in a bag and shake um up. I will, for a fact, and I guess Alec will fight. Come along, Mister Grannis,” and he took the old Englishman away.”

14. “I’ll cut him in two – with the whip,” he shouted. “I will, I will, I say I will, for a fact. He wouldn’t fight, hey? I’ll give um all the fight he wants, nasty, mangy cur. If he won’t fight he won’t eat. I’m going to get the butcher’s bull pup and I’ll put um both in a bag and shake um up. I will, for a fact, and I guess Alec will fight. Come along, Mister Grannis,” and he took the old Englishman away.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “This was nobility. Their mutual affection and esteem suddenly increased enormously. It was Damon and Pythias; it was David and Jonathan; nothing could ever estrange them. Now it was for life or death.”

15. “This was nobility. Their mutual affection and esteem suddenly increased enormously. It was Damon and Pythias; it was David and Jonathan; nothing could ever estrange them. Now it was for life or death.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “It soon became apparent that Trina would be an extraordinarily good housekeeper. Economy was her strong point. A good deal of peasant blood still ran undiluted in her veins, and she had all the instinct of a hardy and penurious mountain race – the instinct which saves without any thought, without idea of consequence – saving for the sake of saving, hoarding without knowing why. Even McTeague did not know how closely Trina held to her new-found wealth.”

16. “It soon became apparent that Trina would be an extraordinarily good housekeeper. Economy was her strong point. A good deal of peasant blood still ran undiluted in her veins, and she had all the instinct of a hardy and penurious mountain race – the instinct which saves without any thought, without idea of consequence – saving for the sake of saving, hoarding without knowing why. Even McTeague did not know how closely Trina held to her new-found wealth.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “Oh, look out, Miss Baker. Those two dogs hate each other just like humans. You best look out. They’ll fight sure.” Miss Baker sought safety in a nearby vestibule, whence she peered forth at the scene, very interested and curious.”

17. “Oh, look out, Miss Baker. Those two dogs hate each other just like humans. You best look out. They’ll fight sure.” Miss Baker sought safety in a nearby vestibule, whence she peered forth at the scene, very interested and curious.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “Well,” said one of the deputies, as he backed the horse into the shafts of the buggy in which the pursuers had driven over from the hill, “we’ve about as good as got him. It isn’t hard to follow a man who carries a birdcage with him wherever he goes.”

18. “Well,” said one of the deputies, as he backed the horse into the shafts of the buggy in which the pursuers had driven over from the hill, “we’ve about as good as got him. It isn’t hard to follow a man who carries a birdcage with him wherever he goes.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “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.”

19. “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.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “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?”

20. “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?”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “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.”

21. “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.”

— Frank Norris

Frank Norris Quote: “That’s what cousin Mark says. We are going to send the twins to the kindergarten next month.” “What’s the kindergarten?” “Oh, they teach them to make things out of straw and toothpicks – kind of a play place to keep them off the street.” “There’s one up on Sacramento Street, not far from Polk Street. I saw the sign.”

22. “That’s what cousin Mark says. We are going to send the twins to the kindergarten next month.” “What’s the kindergarten?” “Oh, they teach them to make things out of straw and toothpicks – kind of a play place to keep them off the street.” “There’s one up on Sacramento Street, not far from Polk Street. I saw the sign.”

— Frank Norris

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