4 Quotes by John Steinbeck about names



  • Author John Steinbeck
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    Your sons have no names.”Adam replied, “Their mother left them motherless.”“And you have left them fatherless. Can’t you feel the cold at night of a lone child? What warm is there, what bird song, what possible morning can be good? Don’t you remember, Adam, how it was, even a little?”“I didn’t do it,” Adam said.“Have you undone it? Your boys have no names.

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  • Author John Steinbeck
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    Thou mayest rule over sin,’ Lee. That’s it. I do not believe all men are destroyed. I can name you a dozen who were not, and they are the ones the world lives by. It is true of the spirit as it is true of battles — only the winners are remembered. Surely most men are destroyed, but there are others who like pillars of fire guide frightened men through the darkness. ‘Thou mayest, Thou mayest!’ What glory!

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