East of Eden by John Steinbeck: A Timeless Tale of Family, Free Will, and the Eternal Struggle Between Good and Evil (Grapevine Edition)

by John Steinbeck

Eventlessness has no posts to drape duration on. From nothing to nothing is no time at all.

“It’s one of the great fallacies, it seems to me,” said Lee, “that time gives much of anything but years and sadness to a man.”

You can stand anything. We’re wonderful animals that way.”