No one wants advice — only corroboration.
¶ (Attributed)
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John Steinbeck (1902-1968) American writer
How can we live without our lives? How will we know it’s us without our past?
¶ The Grapes of Wrath (1939)
A fella ain't got a soul of his own, but on'y a piece of a big one.
¶ The Grapes of Wrath, ch 28 (1939)
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is suppose that they are like himself.
¶ The Winter of Our Discontent, ch. 3 (1961)
We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — ”Yes, that’s the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. You’re not as alone as you thought.”
¶ “In Awe of Words,” The Exonian, 75th anniversary edition, Exeter University (1930)
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