John Steinbeck Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: February 27, 1902 - December 20, 1968
Birthday: February 27
Death: December 20
Maybe we all have in us a secret pond where evil and ugly things germinate and grow strong. But this culture is fences, and the swimming brood climbs up only to fall back. Might it not be that in the dark pools of some men the evil grows strong enough to wriggle over the fence and swim free? Would not such a man be our monster, and are we not related to him in our own hidden water? It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them.
topic: Strong, Fall, Angel, Ugly Things, East Of Eden, Angel And Devil
