"The Long Valley" Quotes
A collection of short stories capturing the lives of various characters in California's Salinas Valley.
fiction | 233 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
Times are gone when the poor could be struck like cattle.
A man can lose himself in a bad way in the middle of a lot of people.
It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
A man can't speak of his own troubles so people can understand them. They can only understand their own.
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
A man can’t give a woman anything without wanting something in return.
The tortilla is the most important part of the meal.
I have seen the evil in a man's heart.
A man who is afraid of death will be afraid of life.
A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers. Everyone takes what he wants or can from it and thus changes it to his measure.
