Sign in with Facebook
“All we got is the family unbroke.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Autumn Leaves
― Autumn Leaves
“Women can change better’n a man,” Ma said soothingly. “Woman got all her life in her arms. Man got it all in his head.”
“Man, he lives in jerks-baby born an’ a man dies, an’ that’s a jerk-gets a farm and looses his farm, an’ that’s a jerk. Woman, its all one flow, like a stream, little eddies, little waterfalls, but the river, it goes right on. Woman looks at it like that. We ain’t gonna die out. People is goin’ on-changin’ a little, maybe, but goin’ right on.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
“Man, he lives in jerks-baby born an’ a man dies, an’ that’s a jerk-gets a farm and looses his farm, an’ that’s a jerk. Woman, its all one flow, like a stream, little eddies, little waterfalls, but the river, it goes right on. Woman looks at it like that. We ain’t gonna die out. People is goin’ on-changin’ a little, maybe, but goin’ right on.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
“And this you can know- fear the time when Manself will not suffer and die for a concept, for this one quality is man, distinctive in the universe.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
“She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the citadel of the family, the strong place that could not be taken. And since old Tom and the children could not know hurt or fear unless she acknowledged hurt or fear, she had practiced denying them in herself. And since, when a joyful thing happened, they looked to see whether joy was on her, it was her habit to build laughter out of inadequate materials....She seemed to know that if she swayed the family shook, and if she ever deeply wavered or despaired the family would fall.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
Abby’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Abby’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
476 books
|
68 friends
549 books
|
81 friends
0 books
|
43 friends
21 books
|
38 friends
51 books
|
32 friends
593 books
|
5 friends
15 books
|
35 friends
31 books
|
79 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Abby
Lists liked by Abby
