John Steinbeck Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: February 27, 1902 - December 20, 1968
Birthday: February 27
Death: December 20
I remember as a child reading or hearing the words 'The Great Divide' and being stunned by the glorious sound, a proper sound for the granite backbone of a continent. I saw in my mind escarpments rising into the clouds, a kind of natural Great Wall of China.
source: John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.93, Penguin
topic: Children, Wall, Reading, Great Wall, Great Wall Of China
