Frank Norris

I never truckled, I never took off the hat to fashion and held it out for pennies.

Always blame conditions, not men

It belonged to the changeless order of things---the man desiring the woman only for what she withholds; the woman worshipping the man for that which she yields up to him. With each concession gained the man′s desire cools; with every surrender made the woman′s adoration increases...