Category: Author John Steinbeck

The people in flight from the terror behind—strange things happen to them, some bitterly cruel and some so beautiful that the faith is refired forever. John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath 1 At such a time it seems natural and good to me to ask myself these questions. What do I believe in? What must…

Oh, strawberries don’t taste as they used to and the thighs of women have lost their clutch! And some men eased themselves like setting hens into the nest of death. History John Steinbeck East of Eden 0 Ever since I lost the spirit, I’d just as soon go one way or the other. I’ll go…

A man so painfully in love is capable of self-torture beyond belief. John Steinbeck East of Eden 530 It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them. John Steinbeck East of Eden 480 A guy needs somebody – to be near him. A guy goes nuts if…

Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain, shared with no one. Will had concealed his well, laughed loud, exploited perverse virtues, and never let his jealousy go wandering. He thought of himself as slow, doltish, conservative, uninspired. No great dream lifted him high and no despair forced self destruction. He was always on the…

While the churches, bringing the sweet smell of piety for the soul, came in prancing and farting like brewery horses in bock-beer time, the sister evangelism, with release and joy for the body, crept in.silently and greyly, with its head bowed and its face covered. John Steinbeck East of Eden 6 Parents took honor from…

,,Eventlessness has no posts to drape duration on. From nothing to nothing is no time at all. John Steinbeck East of Eden 1 I won’t tell them about it, said Abra. You’re pretty sure of yourself. Yes, she said, I’m pretty sure of myself. Will you kiss me? Right here? Right in the street? Why…

Porque se dice que los humanos no se satisfacen jamás, que se les da una cosa y siempre quieren algo más. Y se dice esto con erróneo desprecio, ya que es una de las mayores virtudes que tiene la especie y que la hace superior a los animales que se dan por satisfechos con lo…

Cathy was fourteen when she entered high school. She had always been precious to her parents, but with her entrance into the rarities of algebra and Latin she climbed into clouds where her parents could not follow. They had lost her. John Steinbeck East of Eden 1 If you’re in trouble or hurt or need—go…

I think I love you, Cal.” -AbraI’m not good.” -CalBecause you’re not good.” -Abra John Steinbeck East of Eden 124 Sure, cried the tenant men,but it’s our land…We were born on it, and we got killed on it, died on it. Even if it’s no good, it’s still ours….That’s what makes ownership, not a paper…

Here is the node, you who hate change and fear revolution. Keep these two squatting men apart; make them hate, fear, suspect each other. Here is the anlage of the thing you fear. This is the zygote. For here ‘I lost my land’ is changed; a cell is split and from its splitting grows the…