“No one who is young is ever going to be old.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“Love is never any better than the lover. Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe. There is no gift for the beloved. The lover alone possesses his gift of love. The loved one is shorn, neutralized, frozen in the glare of the lover’s inward eye.”
― The Bluest Eye
― The Bluest Eye
“What I feel is that if one has got to have a murder actually happening in one's house, one might as well enjoy it, if you know what I mean.”
― The Body in the Library
― The Body in the Library
“I always say, if you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.”
― The Fires of Heaven
― The Fires of Heaven
“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
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