Lennie said quietly, "It ain't no lie. We're gonna do it. Gonna get a little place an' live on the fatta the lan'.
John SteinbeckThere ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do. It's all part of the same thing. And some of the things folks do is nice, and some ain't nice, but that's as far as any man got a right to say.
John SteinbeckAnd, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
John SteinbeckTexas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all else, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word.
John SteinbeckIn the streets of New York between seven and nine in the morning you will see the slow procession of dog and downer proceeding from street to tree to hydrant to trash basket. They are apartment dogs. They are taken out twice a day, and, while it is a clichรฉ, it is truly amazing how owner and dog resemble each other. They grow to walk alike and have the same set of head.
John Steinbeck