John Steinbeck citations célèbres
“Certaines gens croient que c'est insulter la splendeur de leur maladie que d'aller mieux.”
À l'est d'Éden, 1952, Deuxième partie, Chapitre XXII
John Steinbeck Citations
“Une vérité incroyable peut faire plus de mal qu'un mensonge.”
À l'est d'Éden, 1952, Deuxième partie, Chapitre XXII
À l'est d'Éden, 1952, Quatrième partie, Chapitre XXXV
À l'est d'Éden, 1952, Deuxième partie, Chapitre XXII
“On ne peut comprendre les gens que si on les sent en soi-même.”
À l'est d'Éden, 1952, Quatrième partie, Chapitre XXXVIII
Pensez-y. Peut-être jouez-vous un rôle sur une grande scène devant une salle vide.
À l'est d'Éden, 1952, Troisième partie, Chapitre XXIV
“Il y a un meurtrier en chacun de nous, dit le shérif. Trouvez la détente et le coup partira.”
À l'est d'Éden, 1952, Deuxième partie, Chapitre XVIII
John Steinbeck: Citations en anglais
“I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments”
Source: Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“I wonder how many people I have looked at all my life and never really seen.”
Variante: I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen.
Source: East of Eden
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), unplaced by chapter
Contexte: Ellen, only last night, asked, 'Daddy, when will we be rich?' But I did not say to her what I know: 'We will be rich soon, and you who handle poverty badly will handle riches equally badly.' And that is true. In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
“We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.”
Source: Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Source: Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“There are some times… when the love for people is strong and warm like a sorrow.”
Source: To a God Unknown
“I'm jus' pain covered with skin.”
Source: The Grapes of Wrath
“You don't even know where I'm going."
"I don't care. I'd like to go anywhere.”
Source: Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“Lennie begged, "Le's do it now. Le's get that place now."
"Sure right now. I gotta. We gotta.”
Source: Of Mice and Men
“No one wants advice, only corroboration.”
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Chapter VI
“Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.”
Source: East of Eden
“You got a God. Don't make no difference if you don' know what he looks like.”
Source: The Grapes of Wrath
Source: Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“And her joy was nearly like sorrow.”
Source: The Grapes of Wrath
“I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.”
Source: Of Mice and Men
“Men seem to be born with a debt they can never pay no matter how hard they try.”
Source: Sweet Thursday
“They's times when how you feel got to be kep' to yourself.”
Source: The Grapes of Wrath