East of eden Quote by John Steinbeck Download Open image “To a monster the norm must seem monstrous, since everyone is normal to himself.” — John Steinbeck ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare East of eden Monsters Monstrous Norm Normal Seems
You must not forget that a monster is only a variation, and that to a monster the norm is monstrous. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Monsters are variations from the accepted normal to a greater or a less degree. As a child may be born without an arm, so… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“normal is an opinion from a man just like the rest of us, to function just like society is an idea, that to limit and bound reality to make life convenient was fascinating to one soul. then soon to his lot, what is called evil or insane is what people feel is too much or sacrilegious to look for, the… — Tashie McKay Copy Share
Usually monsters are some aspect of human behavior or humanity at large. — Frank Spotnitz Copy Share Image
The people who present themselves as normal and nice and good are often the scariest monsters in the world. — Catherine O'Hara Copy Share Image
You don't have people who are monsters and only do bad. There's good and bad for everybody. It's all a spectrum. — Justin Prentice Copy Share Image
“Freaks become norms, and norms become extinct. Monster by monster, evolution advanced” — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
Even the best of us have certain psychological mechanisms that can suddenly kick in and turn us into monsters. — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
In my next life, I plan to be a more respectable creature. For now, this is what is given to us. So I don't… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
I never quite became the monster I wanted to be. I feel mostly monstrous as I more become myself. Because the more you become… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three [great teachers] did not… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Prayer never brought in no side-meat. Takes a shoat to bring in pork. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“And now submarines are armed with mass murder, our silly, only way of deterring mass murder.” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“I’d think there are degrees of greatness,” Adam said. “I don’t think so,” said Samuel. “That would be like saying there is a little… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“He was forever inventing a new way of doing an old thing and doing it better and quicker, but he never in his whole… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“You come back a changed man. Samuel, you don’t change him. He changes you. I can see the look of him in your face.”… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
At about 10 o'clock in the morning the sun threw a bright dust-laden bar through one of the side windows and in and out… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house,… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I don't think there is a single sentence in this whole book [East of Eden] that does not either develop character, carry on the… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“I've heard two ways of looking at it. One says the silent man is the wise man & the other that a man without… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
In East of Eden, John Steinbeck wrote that there's never been a great creative collaboration. When the Beatles first burst on the scene, I… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“First we find a buried star and now we go to dig up a mint-new human” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
There's a capacity for appetite... that a whole heaven and earth of cake can't satisfy — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“It's because I haven't courage,' said Samuel. 'I could never quite take the responsibility. When the Lord God did not call my name, I… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“But some men are friends with the whole world in their hearts, and there are others that hate themselves and spread their hatred around… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed most… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“…this was the gold from our mining: 'Thou mayest.' The American Standard translation orders men to triumph over sin (and you can call sin… — Jo A. Lee Copy Share Image
A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean question: Was it… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
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