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East of Eden by John Steinbeck
5.0
"A lie is a device for profit or escape. I suppose if that definition is strictly held to, then a writer off stories is a liar- if he is financially fortunate" p. 74
"Nothing was ever created by two men. There are no good collaborations, whether in music, in art, in poetry, in mathematics, in philosophy. 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" p132
"And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I would fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual." p 132
"There are no ugly questions except those clothed in condescension" p 165
"I believe a strong woman man be stronger than a strong man, particularity if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is almost indestructible."
"In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed, most of their vices are attempted short cuts to love. When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influence and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be failure to him and his dying a cold horror. It seems to me that if you or I must chose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world." p415
"We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly respawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. Vice always has a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is." p415
"It is one of the triumphs of the human that he can know a thing and still not believe it." p452
"Nothing was ever created by two men. There are no good collaborations, whether in music, in art, in poetry, in mathematics, in philosophy. 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" p132
"And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I would fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual." p 132
"There are no ugly questions except those clothed in condescension" p 165
"I believe a strong woman man be stronger than a strong man, particularity if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is almost indestructible."
"In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed, most of their vices are attempted short cuts to love. When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influence and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be failure to him and his dying a cold horror. It seems to me that if you or I must chose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world." p415
"We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly respawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. Vice always has a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is." p415
"It is one of the triumphs of the human that he can know a thing and still not believe it." p452