John Steinbeck Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: February 27, 1902 - December 20, 1968
Birthday: February 27
Death: December 20
I am sifting my memories, the way men pan the dirt under a barroom floor for the bits of gold dust that fall between the cracks. It's small mining-- small mining. You're too young a man to be panning memories, Adam. You should be getting yourself some new ones, so that the mining will be richer when you come to age.
source: John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.233, Penguin
topic: Memories, Fall, Men, Sifting, Gold Dust
