A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, he said, for he will be going out on a day he shouldn&#39;t. But we do be afraid of the sea, and we do only be drownded now and again.

I could do a good imitation of a competent young woman.

Some people are ants by nature; they have to work, even when it’s useless. Few people have a talent for constructive laziness.

And then I saw what I was to see so many times on the journey—a look of longing. “Lord! I wish I could go.” “Don’t you like it here?” “Sure. It’s all right, but I wish I could go.” “You don’t even know where I’m going.” “I don’t care. I’d like to go anywhere.

Written By John Steinbeck

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