[He] fell right into the oldest conviction in the world-- that the girl you are in love with can't possibly be anything but true and honest.
John SteinbeckCharley is a mind-reading dog. There have been many trips in his lifetime, and often he has to be left at home. He knows we are going long before the suitcase has come out, and he paces and worries and whines and goes into a state of mild hysteria.
John SteinbeckFor it is my opinion that we enclose and celebrate the freaks of our nation and our civilization. Yellowstone National Park is no more representative of America than is Disneyland.
John SteinbeckAnd now the forces marshaled around the concept of the group have declared a war of extermination on that preciousness, the mind of man.
John SteinbeckDo you think it's funny to be so serious when I'm not even out of high school?' she asked. 'I don't see how it could be any other way,' said Lee. 'Laughter comes later, like wisdom teeth, and laughter at yourself comes last of all in a mad race with death, and sometimes it isn't in time.
John Steinbeck