01c. 1935 ADAs happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.John Steinbeck / quote ↗
02c. 1935 ADHer total intellectual association was the Bible, except the talk of Samuel and her children, and to them she did not listen. In that one book she had her history and her poetry, her knowledge of peoples and things, her ethics, her morals, and her salvation. She never studied the Bible or inspected it; she just read it. The many places where it seems to refute itself did not confuse her in the least. And finally she came to a point where she knew it so well that she went right on reading it without listening.John Steinbeck / quote ↗
03c. 1935 ADAct out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true.John Steinbeck / quote ↗
05c. 1935 ADI find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governmentsJohn Steinbeck / quote ↗
06c. 1935 ADIt seems to us that one of the deepest divisions between the Russians and the Americans or British, is in their feeling toward their governments. The Russians are taught, and trained, and encouraged to believe that their government is good, that every part of it is good, and that their job is to carry it forward, to back it up in all ways. On the other hand, the deep emotional feeling among Americans and British is that all government is somehow dangerous, that there should be as little government as possible, that any increase in the power of government is bad, and that existing government must be watched constantly, watched and criticized to keep it sharp and on its toes.John Steinbeck / quote ↗
07c. 1935 ADThere was no desire in him for a state or condition, no picture in his mind of the thing to be when he had followed his longing; but only a burning and a will overpowering to journey outward and outward after the earliest risen star.John Steinbeck / quote ↗
08c. 1935 ADWhat I am mourning is perhaps not worth saving, but I regret its loss nevertheless.John Steinbeck / quote ↗
10c. 1935 ADCurious how a place unvisited can take such hold on the mind so that the very name sets up a ringing.John Steinbeck / quote ↗
11c. 1935 AD...many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased. I remember a man in Salinas who in his middle years traveled to Honolulu and back, and that journey continued for the rest of his life. We could watch him in his rocking chair on his front porch, his eyes squinted, half-closed, endlessly traveling to Honolulu.John Steinbeck / quote ↗
13c. 1935 ADAnd it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry years. It was always that way.John Steinbeck / quote ↗
15c. 1935 ADHe had drawn a derogatory statement from George. He felt safe now.John Steinbeck / quote ↗
16c. 1935 ADWill liked to live so that no one could find fault with him, and to do that he had to live as nearly like other people as possible.John Steinbeck / quote ↗
18c. 1935 ADLiza hated alcoholic liquors with an iron zeal. Drinking alcohol in any form she regarded as a crime against a properly outraged deity... When LIza was about seventy her elimination slowed up and her doctor told her to take a tablespoon of port wine for medicine. She forced down the first spoonful, making a crooked face, but it was not so bad. And from that moment she never drew a completely sober breath. She always took the wine in a tablespoon, it was always medicine, but after a time she was doing over a quart a day and she was a much more relaxed and happy woman.John Steinbeck / quote ↗
19c. 1935 ADCyrus wanted a woman to take care of Adam. He needed someone to keep house and cook, and a servant cost money. He was a vigorous man and needed the body of a woman, and that too cost money- unless you were married to it. Within two weeks Cyrus had wooed, wedded, bedded, and impregnated her. His neighbors did not find his action hasty. It was quite normal in that day for a man to use up three or four wives in a normal lifetime. p.19John Steinbeck / quote ↗
20c. 1935 ADIt gives a fella relief to tell, but it jus' spreads out his sin.John Steinbeck / quote ↗
23c. 1935 ADShe liked the idea so well that she felt there must be something bordering on sin involved in it.John Steinbeck / quote ↗
