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Sinclair Lewis Quote

What'd you like me to buy you, Nan? Some pearls or-- She stopped before him, planted her arms akimbo, and spoke furiously. I am not vot you call a gold-digger! I am not lady enough! If when you get tired of me, you vant to give me a hundred dollars--or fifty--fine. But you must, by God, understand, when Nande Azeredo takes a man, it iss because she likes him! Pearls? What would I do with pearls? Can I eat pearls?

Sinclair Lewis

What'd you like me to buy you, Nan? Some pearls or-- She stopped before him, planted her arms akimbo, and spoke furiously. I am not vot you call a gold-digger! I am not lady enough! If when you get tired of me, you vant to give me a hundred dollars--or fifty--fine. But you must, by God, understand, when Nande Azeredo takes a man, it iss because she likes him! Pearls? What would I do with pearls? Can I eat pearls?

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