Quote#Wisdom
I acknowledge the Furies. I believe in them. I have heard the…
Quote byTheodore Dreiser · 1871–1945
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The First Voyage Over," The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (August 1913); later published in A Traveler at Forty (1913), ch. I: "Barfleur Takes Me in Hand".
English (original)
I acknowledge the Furies. I believe in them. I have heard the disastrous beating of their wings.
— Theodore Dreiser
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