“There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.”
John Steinbeck book East of Eden
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East of Eden is a novel by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck, published in September 1952. Often described as Steinbeck's most ambitious novel, East of Eden brings to life the intricate details of two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, and their interwoven stories. The novel was originally addressed to Steinbeck's young sons, Thom and John . Steinbeck wanted to describe the Salinas Valley for them in detail: the sights, sounds, smells and colors.
“Man has a choice and it's a choice that makes him a man.”
John Steinbeck book East of Eden
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“Eventlessness has no posts to drape duration on. From nothing to nothing is no time at all.”
John Steinbeck book East of Eden
Source: East of Eden (1952)
“It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.”
John Steinbeck book East of Eden
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John Steinbeck book East of Eden
Variant: But I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is always attacked and never destroyed - because 'Thou mayest.
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“Perhaps the less we have, the more we are required to brag.”
John Steinbeck book East of Eden
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