His ear heard more than is said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of… — John Steinbeck
His ear heard more than is said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.
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Guy don't need no sense to be a nice fella. Seems to me sometimes it jus' works the other way around. Take a real smart guy and he ain't hardly ever a nice fella.
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I seen too many guys with land in their head. They never get none under their hand.
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They come, an' they quit an' go on; an' every damn one of 'em's got a little piece of land in his head. An' never a God damn one of 'em ever gets it. Just like heaven. Ever'body wants a little piece of lan'. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It's just in their head.
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