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I've never done a single thing I've wanted to in my whole life! I don't know 's I've… — Sinclair Lewis

Novel · Satire

I've never done a single thing I've wanted to in my whole life! I don't know 's I've accomplished anything except just get along.

Sinclair Lewis
Babbitt · 1922
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Other tags relating to this quote
Topic
ConformityRegretWasted life
Statement type
Lament
Genre
Satire
Medium
Novel
Time
1922
Person
Sinclair Lewis
Provenance
Current citation
Lewis, Sinclair. Babbitt, edited by Gordon Hutner. Oxford University Press, 2010, ch. 34.
Original citation
Lewis, Sinclair. Babbitt. Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1922, ch. 34.

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