“There are men still living who can recall the days when it was considered necessary and even delightful to write letters to one's friends.”
BOOK MARKS: We Depart No Wiser
“Rumor, swiftest of all evils; she thrives on speed and gains strength as she goes.”
BOOK MARKS: With Dark-Lantern and Bow-String
“‘Let us assume’ turns in a few pages into ‘We may assume,’ which, in a few more, is ‘As we have shown’ . . .”
BOOK MARKS: Keeping the Place
“He best expressed his preference for his wild homestead by saying that his Bible seemed truer to him there.”
BOOK MARKS: There Are Thousands of Us
“Each one of us has his little communication to make, a restricted one, and from all these communications the readers can choose.”
BOOK MARKS: We Are In This Together
“Though I do not think that this book calls for blame, if someone wants to be unpleasant about it, he can blame me and my friends.”
BOOK MARKS: Minor Respects
“Steinbeck was normally permissive with his editors on such points, though he strongly resisted what he called ‘collaboration’ . . .”
BOOK MARKS: Don’t Miss Any High Spots
“Thanks again for the Merry Christmas. Best of everything in 1960 to you and yours.”
BOOK MARKS: Grand Ambition
“The great drawback upon the lives of these settlers, at present, is the unfitness of the women for their new lot.”
BOOK MARKS: To See What Will Infect You
“Nothing makes a deep impression anymore.”
More Than Enough
Baseball’s offerings are endless—especially in spring