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The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

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— May 23, 2025 06:09AM

May 23, 2025 06:09AM

“And I want to accept my freedom without thinking what so many do, that existing is something for fools, a case of madness. Because that’s what it seems like. Existing isn’t logical.”
― Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

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“But where do we find what's lasting? Where do the deathless things hide?”
― Adam Zagajewski, A Defense of Ardor: Essays

tags: ardor, death, defense-of-ardor, eternity, lasting

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“Religion is an elaborate excuse for what man has done to women and to the earth”
― Alice Walker, Possessing the Secret of Joy

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“After all, since the world began, we’ve been eating each other. If not symbolically, then we’ve been literally gorging on each other. The Transition has enabled us to be less hypocritical.”
― Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

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“Forgive me but I’m going to keep talking about me who am unknown to
myself, and as I write I’m a bit surprised because I discover I have a
destiny. Who hasn’t ever wondered: am I a monster or is this what it
means to be a person?”
― Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

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