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East of Eden by John Steinbeck

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Eventlessness has no posts to drape duration on. From nothing to nothing is no time at all.

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“The silence fell again. Samuel waited for some speech to start up, knowing in advance that it would not.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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“I can understand why a system built on a pattern must try to destroy the free mind, for this is one thing which can by inspection destroy such a system.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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“Eventlessness has no posts to drape duration on. From nothing to nothing is no time at all.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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“It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.”
― J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

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“Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything. The preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a man.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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