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Steinbeck poking at biblicism, nice -
"What is there to understand? Just read it. There it is in black and white. Who wants you to understand it? If the Lord God wanted you to understand it He'd have given you to understand or He'd have set it down different."
"But, Mother-“
— Jan 30, 2026 01:23PM
"What is there to understand? Just read it. There it is in black and white. Who wants you to understand it? If the Lord God wanted you to understand it He'd have given you to understand or He'd have set it down different."
"But, Mother-“
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Noah Lykins
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“In human affairs of danger and delicacy successful conclusion is sharply limited by hurry. So often men trip by being in a rush… he should first inspect the end to be achieved and then, once he had accepted the end as desirable, he should forget it completely and concentrate solely on the means. By this method he would not be moved to false action by anxiety or hurry or fear. Very few people learn this.”
— Jan 30, 2026 01:08PM
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“And they brought conscience, or, rather, nudged the dozing conscience. They were not pure, but they had a potential of purity, like a soiled white shirt.”
— Jan 30, 2026 12:18PM