They's
a time of change, an' when that comes, dyin' is a piece of all
dyin', and bearin' is a piece of all bearin', an' bearin' an'
dyin' is two pieces of the same thing. An' then things ain't
so lonely anymore. An' then a hurt don't hurt so bad. The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 18
And
the great owners, who must lose their land in an upheaval, the
great owners with access to history, with eyes to read history
and to know the great fact: when property accumulates in too
few hands it is taken away. And that companion fact: when a
majority of the people are hungry and cold they will take by
force what they need. And the little screaming fact that sounds
through all history: repression works only to strengthen and
knit the repressed. The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 19
How
can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped
stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can't
scare him--he has known a fear beyond every other. The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 19
The
migrant people, scuttling for work, scrabbling to live, looked
always for pleasure, dug for pleasure, manufactured pleasure,
and they were hungry for amusement. The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 23
In
the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and
growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage. The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 25
Whenever
they's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Whenever
they's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there . . . . I'll be
in the way guys yell when they're mad an'-I'll be in the way
kids laugh when they're hungry an' they know supper's ready.
An' when our folks eat the stuff they raise an' live in the
houses they build-why, I'll be there. The Grapes of Wrath Jim Joad farewell speech in Chapter 28
John
Steinbeck: American writer of The Grapes of Wrath, the 1939 Pulitzer
prize-winning novel. Born 1902. Died 1968. Nobel Prize for Literature
1962.
Quotes of the Week - December 2, 2008:
"I go to bed at, like, 9.30 every night and I don't go out or anything.
I just feel like an old fart." -- Britney Spears discovers the true
meaning of being a parent.
"God and the devil: I got one on each shoulder." -- Brandon
Flowers, frontman of The Killers.
"Money can be a burden. That's why I got stressed last year. I had
a massive house that I couldn't control or clean." -- Carly Zucker,
24, girlfriend of Chelsea soccer player Joe Cole, speaking on 'I'm a Celebrity...Get
Me Out of Here!'
"He is like some sherry-crazed old dowager who has lost the family
silver at roulette, and who now decides to double up by betting the house
as well." -- London Mayor Boris Johnson on UK PM Gordon Brown's high
borrowing budget.
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