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Description
With his dog Charley, John Steinbeck set out in his truck to explore and experience America in the 1960s. As he talked with all kinds of people, he sadly noted the passing of region speech, fell in love with Montana, and was appalled by racism in New Orleans.
Memorable Quotes
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“He can’t read, can’t drive a car, and has no grasp of mathematics. But in his own field of endeavor, which he was now practicing, the slow, imperial smelling over and anointing of an area, he has no peer. Of course his horizons are limited, but how wide are mine?”
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“…for man has to have feelings and then words before he can come close to thought…”
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“I like weather rather than climate.”
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“…in our time a beard is the one thing a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.”
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“I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.”
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“Of course I know now she was a mouse-haired, freckle-nosed, scabby-kneed little girl with a voice like a bat and the loving kindness of a gila monster, but then she lighted up the landscape and me.”
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“Who has not known a journey to be over and dead before the traveler returns? The reverse is also true: many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.”
First Sentence
When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch.
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- John Steinbeck (Author)
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