Like most modern people, I don't believe in prophecy or magic and then spend half my time practicing it.
John SteinbeckLearning to read is probably the most difficult and revolutionary thing that happens to the human brain and if you don't believe that, watch an illiterate adult try to do it.
John SteinbeckIntentions, good or bad, are not enough. There's luck or fate or something else that takes over.
John SteinbeckA kind of second childhood falls on so many men. They trade their violence for the promise of a small increase of life span. In effect, the head of the house becomes the youngest child.
John Steinbeck