“Subject: men-- their weakness and stupidity and how to use them”
― The Winter of Our Discontent
― The Winter of Our Discontent
“Do you know what you are? A dear little baby rabbit with flowers on your head.”
― The Winter of Our Discontent
― The Winter of Our Discontent
“Maybe you've tumbled a world for me. And I don't know what I can build in my world's place. Lee said softly, "Couldn't a world be built around accepted truth? Couldn't some pains and insanities be rooted out if the causes were known?”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“I mean, I know it can look like work's about interpersonal relationships, but it isn't about people at all. It's just a matter of structures. Situations. Sometimes work pisses me off, but I never let it leave a mark. I know I vent about that stuff a lot, but I'm like a brick wall. Nothing gets to me, ever.”
― All the Lovers in the Night
― All the Lovers in the Night
“There was something set apart about her. She seemed to always be listening. When she was reading, her face would be like the face of one listening to music. And when we asked her any question, why, she gave the answer, if she knew it-- not painted up and full of color and "maybes" and "it-might-bes" the way the rest of us would. We were always full of bull. There was some pure simple thing in Una.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
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