100%: The Story of a Patriot

“It looks rather come down,” said Paul. “Couldn’t you give it a pick-me-up?””

— Upton Sinclair

“I know you will laugh at me,” he replied, “but I really can’t exhibit it. I have put too much of myself into it.””

— Upton Sinclair

“Jerome, Jerome K.: “Three Men in a Boat””

— Upton Sinclair

“You will never be worthy of happiness as long as you own anything, and your hatred of the bourgeois proceeds solely from an angry desire to be bourgeois yourselves in their place.””

— Upton Sinclair

“Sleep is still most perfect, in spite of hygienists, when it is shared with a beloved. The warmth, the security and peace of soul, the utter comfort from the touch of the other, knits the sleep, so that it takes the body and soul completely in its healing.””

— Upton Sinclair

“The wet, red track, already sticky with fallen leaves, went up the steep bank between the grass. On either side stood the elm-trees like pillars along a great aisle, arching over and making high up a roof from which the dead leaves fell. All was empty and silent and wet.””

— Upton Sinclair

“I was able in the compass of two years (although I confess with the utmost difficulty) to remove that infernal habit of lying, shuffling, deceiving, and equivocating, so deeply rooted in the very souls of all my species; especially the Europeans.””

— Upton Sinclair

“For though All are not able to write books, all conceive themselves able to judge them.””

— Upton Sinclair

“Now Antonia had observed the air, with which Don Christoval had kissed this same hand; But as She drew conclusions from it somewhat different from her Aunt’s, She was wise enough to hold her tongue. As this is the only instance known of a Woman’s ever having done so, it was judged worthy to be recorded here.””

— Upton Sinclair