Doc still loved true things but he knew that it was not a general love and it could be a very dangerous mistress.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

So many old and lovely things are stored in the world's attic because we don't want them around us and we don't dare throw them out.

I have lost all sense of home, having moved about so much. It means to me now--only that place where the books are kept.

I don't think there is a single sentence in this whole book [East of Eden] that does not either develop character, carry on the story or provide necessary background.

With a few exceptions people don't want money. They want luxury and they want love and they want admiration.

There's more beauty in the truth even if it is dreadful beauty.