And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
John SteinbeckThis was an evil beyond thinking. The killing of a man was not so evil as the killing of a boat. For a boat does not have sons, and a boat cannot protect itself, and a wounded boat does not heal.
John SteinbeckNearly everyone has his box of secret shame, shared with no one.
John SteinbeckDessie's friends were good and loyal but they were human, and humans love to feel good and they hate to feel bad.
John SteinbeckHow's that for the grapes?
John SteinbeckI think there must have been some other girl printed somewhere in his heart, for he was a man of love and his wife was not a woman to show her feelings.
John SteinbeckYou can boast about anything if it's all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.
John SteinbeckLiza had a finely developed sense of sin Idleness was a sin, and card playing, which was a kind of idleness to her. She was suspicious of fun whether it involved dancing or singing or even laughter. She felt that people having a good time were wide open to the devil. And this was a shame, for Samuel was a laughing man, but I guess Samuel was wide open to the devil. His wife protected him whenever she could.
John SteinbeckIt is the hour of pearl—the interval between day and night when time stops and examines itself.
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Money is not nice. Money got no friends but more money.
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