“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life”
― On the Road
― On the Road
“I cannot make speeches, Emma...If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. But you know what I am. You hear nothing but truth from me. I have blamed you, and lectured you, and you have borne it as no other woman in England would have borne it.”
― Emma
― Emma
“They're a dark people with a gift for suffering way past their deserving. It's said that without whiskey to soak and soften the world, they'd kill themselves. (Irish)”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“Perhaps the less we have, the more we are required to brag.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
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