East of Eden Quotes

“An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:truth belief courage

“Every man has a retirement picture in which he does those things he never had time to do”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:time

“memory. Without that, time would be unarmed against us.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:time memory

“Eventlessness has no posts to drape duration on. From nothing to nothing is no time at all.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:time

“I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:women men strength

“It is one of the triumphs of the human that he can know a thing and still not believe it.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:knowledge belief

“But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’—that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that...”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:freedom choice language

“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 must fight against: any...”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:freedom fight

“When you’re a child you’re the center of everything. Everything happens for you.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:self children

“people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:self interest

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