Maybe it's true that we are all descended from the restless, the nervous, the criminals, the arguers and brawlers, but also the brave and independent and generous. If our ancestors had not been that, they would have stayed in their home plots in the other world and starved over the squeezed-out soil.
John SteinbeckIt was a day as different from other days as dogs are from cats and both of them from chrysanthemums or tidal waves or scarlet fever.
John SteinbeckPeople need responsibility. They resist assuming it, but they cannot get along without it.
John SteinbeckDo you take pride in your hurt? Does it make you seem large and tragic? ...Well, think about it. Maybe you're playing a part on a great stage with only yourself as audience.
John Steinbeck