“There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.”
More from John Steinbeck
“If it is right, it happens — the main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away”
“A man so painfully in love is capable of self-torture beyond belief.”
“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.”
“I guess I’m trying to say, grab anything that goes by. It may not come around again.”