But never have I been a blue calm sea
I have always been a storm — Storms, Fleetwood Mac
I have always been a storm — Storms, Fleetwood Mac
Pipe dreams, Dad. I’m a barber’s son.
— Rushmore
Rocky Mt. Chocolate Factory
Des Moines, IA
We have in the past been forced into reluctant change by weather, calamity, and plague. Now the pressure comes from our biologic success as a species. We have overcome all enemies but ourselves.
— John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley
I just feel as though we have surrendered our lives to the momentum of mediocrity.
—
Don Juan DeMarco, 1995
This is one of the quotes that has echoed throughout my life.
I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
— John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley
The guardian of the lake was a lonely man, the more so because he had a wife.
— John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley
I can’t even imagine the forest colors when I’m not looking at them. I wondered whether constant association could cause inattention, and asked a native New Hampshire woman about it. She said the autumn never failed to amaze her; to elate. ‘It is a glory,’ she said, ‘and can’t be remembered, so that it always comes as a surprise.’
— John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley
