Perhaps it takes courage to raise children. ✨ John Steinbeck (2002). E…

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Perhaps it takes courage to raise children. ✨ John Steinbeck (2002). East of Eden, p.132, Penguin
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I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession. ✨ John Steinbeck (2003). America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction, p.146 … ▶
At one point, as Samuel urges Adam to raise his boys well regardless of the blood that might be in them, Adam tells him, You can't make a race horse of a pig. Samuel replies, No, but you can make a v … ▶
It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them. ✨ John Steinbeck (2002). East of Eden, p.116, Penguin
for how can you remember the feel of pleasure or pain or choking emotion? You can remember only that you had them. ✨ John Steinbeck (2002). East of Eden, p.113, Penguin
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