Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Chapter II
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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".
“There's nobody as lonely as an all-married man.”
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part Two, Chapter XXI
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Variant: It is odd how a man believes he can think better in a special place. I have such a place, have always had it, but I know it isn't thinking I do there, but feeling and experiencing and remembering. It's a safety place — everyone must have one, although I have never heard of a man tell of it.
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Chapter V
“All men are moral. Only their neighbors are not.”
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part Two, Chapter XI
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“A little hope, even hopeless hope, never hurt anybody.”
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“Maybe not having time to think is not having the wish to think.”
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part Two, Chapter XIII
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part Two, Chapter XIII
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Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Chapter V
“The things everyone knows are most likely to be wrong.”
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part Two, Chapter XIX
“A crime is something someone else commits.”
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part Two, Chapter XX
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Chapter VII
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Chapter V
