Много отдавна съм научил едно нещо: щом кучето ти глътне стрихнин и вземе да мре, грабвай брадвата и го отнасяй на дръвника. Изчакваш поредния гърч и в същия момент му отрязваш опашката. Ако отровата не си е свършила работата, кучето ти може и да оздравее. Сътресението от болката може да противодейства на отровата. Но без това сътресение неминуемо умира.
John SteinbeckThe good story lay in half-told things which must be filled in out of the hearer’s own experience.
John SteinbeckMots clés writing
A kind of second childhood falls on so many men. They trade their violence for the promise of a small increase of life span. In effect, the head of the house becomes the youngest child. And I have searched myself for this possibility with a kind of horror. For I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. I've lifted, pulled, chopped, climbed, made love with joy and taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment. I did not want to surrender fierceness for a small gain in yardage. My wife married a man; I saw no reason why she should inherit a baby.
John SteinbeckMots clés aging living-well manhood
Because Freedom is the most important thing on life, let me Be.
John SteinbeckMots clés freedom freedom-of-thought freedom-of-choice freedom-of-speech freedom-of-religion freedom-of-expression freedom-to-express freedom-of-speech-dissent freedom-fighter
Life is knowledge, livin it is Succes!
John SteinbeckMots clés success inspirational-attitude knowlege
He had said, "I am a man," and that meant certain things to Juana. It meant that he was half insane and halfgod
John SteinbeckUnii vor spune ca povestea asta este o minciuna, ceea ce nu inseamna ca ceva care nu s-a petrecut este numaidecat o minciuna.
John SteinbeckDar Fauna era convinsa, dintr-o indelungata experienta proprie, ca in primul rand oamenii nu stiu ce vor, ca in al doilea rand nu stiu cum sa obtina ceea ce vor si ca in al treilea rand nu stiu sa profite de ceea ce au.
John SteinbeckParerea lui Iosif Maria: periculoasa intr-un stabiliment. Prea mult caracter. Nu joaca asa cum ii canti. Poate sa strice totul. Atentie daca se indragosteste.
Fara indoiala ca bacanul ar fi dat-o afara de la Bear Flag. Nu poti sa te increzi decat in egoisti de teapa ta. Poti sa sti intotdeauna ce va face un egoist, in timp ce nu sti la ce te poti astepta de la o fiinta generoasa. Singura victima intr-adevar sigura este egoistul. Cu el n-ai niciodata neplaceri. Fauna era pe cale sa comita o greseala.
Iosif Maria o evalua pe Suzy ca pe o masina de ocazie. Silueta frumoasa, glezne si picioare atragatoare. Draguta la chip, daca era fericita. Starea sufleteasca i se citea pe fata. O tarfa adevarata poarta o masca, este aceeasi pentru toata lumea, adica placuta, si nu-ti mai amintesti de ea a doua zi dimineata. Suzy nu era o fata pe care s-o uiti. Riscai cu ea prea mult. Suzy iubea sau nu iubea oamenii, ceea ce era periculos in sine. [...] Iar pe deasupra, ochii plini de indiferenta nu erau din aceia neinsufletiti, in care nu poti sa te increzi. Nu era smechera si ar fi putut sa lupte chiar impotriva lui Jack Dempsey. Una peste alta, Iosif Maria ar fi doborat-o pe Suzy in mai putin de un minut. Era tocmai genul de fata care s-ar fi putut indragosti de un baiat fara sa se intereseze ce cont are la banca. Genul care creeaza o gramada de necazuri fara a aduce nimic in schimb. Printr-o serie de trasaturi semana cu Doc. Bacanul isi zise ca o va avertiza pe Fauna inca o data. O asemenea fata in stabiliment te duce la faliment.
It wasn’t very long until all the land in the barren hills near King City and San Ardo was taken up, and ragged families were scattered through the hills, trying their best to JOHN STEINBECK scratch a living from the thin flinty soil. They and the coyotes lived clever, despairing, submarginal lives. They landed with no money, no equipment, no tools, no credit, and particularly with no knowledge of the new country and no technique for using it. I don’t know whether it was a divine stupidity or a great faith that let them do it. Surely such venture is nearly gone from the world. And the families did survive and grow. They had a tool or a weapon that is also nearly gone, or perhaps it is only dormant for a while. It is argued that because they believed thoroughly in a just, moral God they could put their faith there and let the smaller securities take care of themselves. But I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they knew beyond doubt that they were valuable and potentially moral units—because of this they could give God their own courage and dignity and then receive it back. Such things have disappeared perhaps because men do not trust themselves any more, and when that happens there is nothing left except perhaps to find some strong sure man, even though he may be wrong, and to dangle from his coattails.
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