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"for a little taste of the beauty of connecting and the need to slow down to do so: “Imagine, the letters one has sent out into the world, the letters received back in turn, are like the pieces of a magnificent puzzle. . . . Isn’t there something wonderful in that, to think that a story of one’s life is preserved in some way, that this very letter may one day mean something, even if it is a very small thing, to some1?" — Apr 03, 2026 06:46PM
"for a little taste of the beauty of connecting and the need to slow down to do so: “Imagine, the letters one has sent out into the world, the letters received back in turn, are like the pieces of a magnificent puzzle. . . . Isn’t there something wonderful in that, to think that a story of one’s life is preserved in some way, that this very letter may one day mean something, even if it is a very small thing, to some1?" — Apr 03, 2026 06:46PM
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"As Helen Burns lives, I feel each time closer to young Jane.
How could she have so much integrity and plenitude when, even if she’s doing her best, the world keeps mistreating her?
Helen explains exactly why, and it’s beautiful" — Feb 21, 2026 06:34PM
"As Helen Burns lives, I feel each time closer to young Jane.
How could she have so much integrity and plenitude when, even if she’s doing her best, the world keeps mistreating her?
Helen explains exactly why, and it’s beautiful" — Feb 21, 2026 06:34PM
“Evil is the son of ungratefulness”
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“Adam looked out of his covered brain - out the long tunnels of his eyes - at the people of the world.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“Yes we get it the world chewed you up and spit you out, but you did climb into it's mouth”
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“Young Adam was always an obedient child. Something in him shrank from violence, from contention, from the silent shrieking tensions that can rip at a house. He contributed to the quiet he wished for by offering no violence, no contention, and to do this he had to retire into secretness, since there is some violence in everyone. He covered his life with a veil of vagueness, while behind his quiet eyes a rich full life went on. This did not protect him from assault but it allowed him an immunity.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“I think that kind of energy is gone out of me. I can’t feel the pull of it. I have money enough to live. I never wanted it for myself. I have no one to show a garden to.” Samuel wheeled on him and his eyes were filled with tears. “Don’t think it will ever die," he cried. “Don’t expect it. Are you better than other men? I tell you it won’t ever die until you do.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
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