Lennie begged, "Le's do it now. Le's get that place now." "Sure right now. I gotta. We gotta.
John SteinbeckI am sifting my memories, the way men pan the dirt under a barroom floor for the bits of gold dust that fall between the cracks. It's small mining-- small mining. You're too young a man to be panning memories, Adam. You should be getting yourself some new ones, so that the mining will be richer when you come to age.
John SteinbeckThe writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spiritโfor gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion and love. In the endless war against weakness and despair, these are the bright rally flags of hope and of emulation. I hold that a writer who does not believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.
John Steinbeck