The resistance in the stories is quiet, at a slant, and comes from perhaps the most radical idea of all: that every human being is worthy of attention and that the origins of every good and evil capability of the universe may be found by
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“Tom Wolfe was right. You can’t go home again because home has ceased to exist except in the mothballs of memory.”
― Travels With Charley: In Search of America
― Travels With Charley: In Search of America
“So much there is to see, but our morning eyes describe a different world than do our afternoon eyes, and surely our wearied evening eyes can report only a weary evening world.”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry years. It was always that way.”
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“You can boast about anything if it’s all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“Doc went back to the laboratory and poured out a glass of beer. He drank the first off for thirst and poured a second one for taste.”
― Cannery Row
― Cannery Row
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