A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers.

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.

I'll want to hear,' Samuel said. 'I eat stories like grapes.

The last clear definite function of men—muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need—this is man.

Any man of reasonable intelligence can make money if that's what he wants. Mostly it's women or clothes or admiration he really wants and they deflect him.

Our people are good people; our people are kind people. Pray God some day kind people won't all be poor.

For there are two possible reactions to social ostracism - either a man emerges determined to be better, purer, and kindlier or he goes bad, challenges the world and does even worse things. The last is by far the commonest reaction to stigma.