But the Hebrew word, the word timshelโโThou mayestโโ that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if โThou mayestโโit is also true that โThou mayest not.
John SteinbeckIt is astounding to find that the belly of every black and evil thing is as white as snow. And it is saddening to discover how the concealed parts of angels are leporous.
John SteinbeckUnless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.
John SteinbeckI saw in their eyes something I was to see over and over in every part of the nation- a burning desire to go, to move, to get under way, anyplace, away from any Here. They spoke quietly of how they wanted to go someday, to move about, free and unanchored, not toward something but away from something. I saw this look and heard this yearning everywhere in every states I visited. Nearly every American hungers to move.
John Steinbeck