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
Source: The Pearl (1947), Ch. V
Contexte: He had said, "I am a man," and that meant certain things to Juana. It meant that he was half insane and half god. It meant that Kino would drive his strength against a mountain and plunge his strength against the sea. Juana, in her woman's soul, knew that the mountain would stand while the man broke himself; that the sea would surge while the man drowned in it. And yet it was this thing that made him a man, half insane and half god, and Juana had need of a man; she could not live without a man. Although she might be puzzled by these differences between man and woman, she knew them and accepted them and needed them. Of course she would follow him, there was no question of that. Sometimes the quality of woman, the reason, the caution, the sense of preservation, could cut through Kino's manness and save them all.
“The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.”
Source: The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
“Men all do about the same thing when they wake up.”
Source: Cannery Row
Source: Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“If you want to keep a friend, never test him.”
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent
“A question is a trap, and an answer your foot in it.”
Pt. 4
Travels With Charley: In Search of America (1962)
Source: Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“Are cats strange animals or do they so resemble us that we find them curious as we do monkeys?”
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent
Source: Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true.”
Source: East of Eden