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. Advertisements
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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.
John Steinbeck
I shall tell them this story against the background of the county I grew up in and along the river I know and do not love very much. For I have discovered that there are other rivers. ― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath. (Viking; 75 Anv edition April 10, 2014) Originally published April 14th… Continue reading John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
All great and precious things are lonely. ― John Steinbeck, East of Eden. (Penguin Books February 5, 2002) Originally published 1952.
John Steinbeck
I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it. — John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent. (Penguin Classics; Reissue edition August 26, 2008) Originally published 1961.
John Steinbeck
I guess I’m trying to say, grab anything that goes by. It may not come around again. — John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent. (Penguin Classics; Reissue edition August 26, 2008) Originally published 1961.
