East of Eden Quotes

“Suddenly he knew joy and sorrow felted into one fabric. Courage and fear were one thing too.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:fear courage joy sorrow

“A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:fear light

“You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:understanding feeling

“It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:understanding

“And finally comes culture, which is entertainment, relaxation, transport out of the pain of living.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:pain

“Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain, shared with no one.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:pain loneliness

“Humans are caught—in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too—in a net of good and evil.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:good evil contradiction

“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:good

“Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:stupidity

“Nobody knows why you go to a picnic to be uncomfortable when it is so easy and pleasant to eat at home.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

topic:nature home

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