Aleksandra

“It is worth while to be kind and generous,” he said. “Not only do such actions pile up a house of joy in Heaven; but there is, too, a quick reward here on earth. One feels a golden warmth glowing like a hot enchilada in one’s stomach.”
― John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat

“He leaned his flail against the steps. ‘That’s to drive the mice out,’ he said. ‘I’ll bet they’re fat. I’ll bet they don’t know what’s going to happen to them today.’
‘No, nor you either,’ Billy remarked philosophically, ‘nor me, nor anyone.”
― John Steinbeck, The Red Pony

“What have I to fear but starvation?" Kino asked.”
― John Steinbeck, The Pearl

“When one loves, an injury is soon forgotten.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, White Nights