Wasted life

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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 accomplished anything except just get along.

Sinclair Lewis

Babbitt

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Topic

Conformity Regrets Wasted life

Author

Sinclair Lewis

Source

Babbitt

Medium

Novel

Genre

Satire

Statement Type

Lament

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

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Original Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. Babbitt. Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1922, ch. 34.

Current Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. Babbitt, edited by Gordon Hutner. Oxford University Press, 2010, ch. 34.

Strange, isn't it? To have dedicated one's life to a certain venture, neglecting other aspects of one's life, only to have that venture, in the end, amount to nothing at all, the products of one's labors ultimately forgotten?

George Saunders

Lincoln in the Bardo

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Topic

Wasted life

Author

George Saunders

Source

Lincoln in the Bardo

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

2017 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Saunders, George. Lincoln in the Bardo. Random House, 2017.