In A Jar

Apr 30

“And the stars down so close, and sadness and pleasure so close together, really the same thing. Like to stay drunk all the time. Who says it’s bad? Who dares to say it’s bad? Preachers—but they got their own kinda drunkenness.” John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (ch. 23)

Apr 24

“Them Oakies? They’re all hard-lookin’.”
“Jesus I’d hate to start out in a jalopy like that.”
“Well you and me got sense. Them goddamn Oakies got no sense and no feeling. They ain’t human. A human being wouldn’t live like they do. A human being couldn’t stand it to be so dirty and miserable. They ain’t a hell of lot better than gorillas.” John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (Ch. 18)

Feb 21

“The bank — the monster has to have profits all the time. It can’t wait. It’ll die. No, taxes go on. When the monster stops growing, it dies. It can’t stay one size.” John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

Feb 19

“The hell with it! There ain’t no sin and there ain’t no virtue. There’s just stuff people do. It’s all part of the same thing. And some of the things folks do is nice, and some ain’t nice, but that’s as far as any man got a right to say.” (Rev.) Jim Casy

Feb 18

“You’re bound to get idears if you go thinkin’ about stuff.” Tom Joad

In A Jar

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