Corrado

“Says one time he went out in the wilderness to find his own soul, an’ he foun’ he didn’ have no soul that was his’n. Says he foun’ he jus’ got a little piece of a great big soul. Says a wilderness ain’t no good, ’cause his little piece of a soul wasn’t no good ’less it was with the rest, an’ was whole. Funny how I remember. Didn’ think I was even listenin’. But I know now a fella ain’t no good alone.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

“You can boast about anything if it's all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.”
― Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles

“So, that’s what they wanted: lies. Beautiful lies. That’s what they needed. People were fools. It was going to be easy for me.”
― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye