John Steinbeck
Perhaps my greatest wisdom is the knowledge that I do not know. ― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America. (Penguin Books, February 5, 2002) Originally published 1962, Advertisements
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John Steinbeck
I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one… . Humans are caught—in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too—in a net of good and evil… . There is no other story. A man, after he… Continue reading John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.— John Steinbeck, East of Eden. (Penguin Books February 5, 2002) Originally published 1952.
John Steinbeck
A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more. — John Steinbeck, East of Eden.… Continue reading John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone. — John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent. (Penguin Classics; Reissue edition August 26, 2008) Originally published 1961.
John Steinbeck
In March the soft rains continued, and each storm waited courteously until its predecessor sunk beneath the ground. ― John Steinbeck, East of Eden. (Penguin Books February 5, 2002) Originally published 1952.
John Steinbeck
Time works like a damp brush on water color. The sharp edges blur, the ache goes out of it, the colors melt together, and from the many separated lines a solid gray emerges. — John Steinbeck, East of Eden. Penguin Books February 5, 2002) Originally published 1952.
