Source: The Winter of Our Discontent
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The Winter of Our Discontent
The Winter of Our Discontent is John Steinbeck's last novel, published in 1961. The title comes from the first two lines of William Shakespeare's Richard III: "Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun [or son] of York".
“I guess I'm trying to say, Grab anything that goes by. It may not come around again.”
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent
The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), unplaced by chapter
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), unplaced by chapter
“I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.”
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent
“It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.”
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent
“No one wants advice, only corroboration.”
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Chapter VI
The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), unplaced by chapter
The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), unplaced by chapter
“What a wonderful thing a woman is. I can admire what they do even if I don't understand why.”
The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), unplaced by chapter
“Good God, what a mess of draggle-tail impulses a man is — and a woman too, I guess.”
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part Two, Chapter XIV
“There's something desirable about anything you're used to as opposed to something you're not.”
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Chapter VIII
“… we've got so many laws you can't breathe without breaking something.”
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part Two, Chapter XIV
“Not only the brave get killed, but the brave have a better chance of it.”
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part Two, Chapter XIV
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Chapter III
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Chapter III
