Grapes of Wrath quotes
I have to read this book for English... I hate it with a passion. However, I have stumbled upon some good philosophical lines that I really like:
"And all of them were caught in something larger than themselves."
..."I says, 'What's this call, this sperit?' an' I says, 'It's love. I love people so much I'm fit to bust sometimes.' an' I says, 'Don't you love Jesus?' Well, I thought an' thought, and I finally says, 'No, I know a bunch of stories, but I only love people. An' sometimes I love 'em fit to bust, and I want to make 'em happy.'...I figgered about the Holy Sperit and the Jesus Road. I figgered, 'Why do we got to hang it on God or Jesus? Maybe,' I figgered, 'Maybe it's all men an' all women we love, maybe that's the Holy Sperit-the human sperit-the whole shebang. Maybe all men got one big soul ever'body's a part of.' Now I sat there thinkin' it, and all of the suddent- I knew it. I knew it so deep down that it was true, and I still know it.
Joad's eyes dropped to the ground, as thought he could not meet the naked honesty in the preacher's eyes"
"And all of them were caught in something larger than themselves."
..."I says, 'What's this call, this sperit?' an' I says, 'It's love. I love people so much I'm fit to bust sometimes.' an' I says, 'Don't you love Jesus?' Well, I thought an' thought, and I finally says, 'No, I know a bunch of stories, but I only love people. An' sometimes I love 'em fit to bust, and I want to make 'em happy.'...I figgered about the Holy Sperit and the Jesus Road. I figgered, 'Why do we got to hang it on God or Jesus? Maybe,' I figgered, 'Maybe it's all men an' all women we love, maybe that's the Holy Sperit-the human sperit-the whole shebang. Maybe all men got one big soul ever'body's a part of.' Now I sat there thinkin' it, and all of the suddent- I knew it. I knew it so deep down that it was true, and I still know it.
Joad's eyes dropped to the ground, as thought he could not meet the naked honesty in the preacher's eyes"