Quotes from bookThe 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.”
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“If you want to keep a friend, never test him.”
John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent
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“Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.”
John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent
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“I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.”
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“It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.”
John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent
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“No one wants advice, only corroboration.”
John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Chapter VI
John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent
The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), unplaced by chapter
John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent
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.”
John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent
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“Good God, what a mess of draggle-tail impulses a man is — and a woman too, I guess.”
John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent
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.”
John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Chapter VIII
“… we've got so many laws you can't breathe without breaking something.”
John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent
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.”
John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part Two, Chapter XIV
John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Chapter III
John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Chapter III
