The Bible is the story of two gardens. Eden and Gethsemane. In the first, Adam took a fall. In the second, Jesus took a stand. — Max Lucado
We all long for Eden, and we are constantly glimpsing it: our whole nature at its best and least corrupted, its gentlest and most human, is still soaked with the sense of exile. — J. R. R. Tolkien
In the Garden of Eden Eve showed more courage than Adam.. when the serpent offered the forbidden fruit. She knew that there was something better than paradise. — Cesare Borgia
To begin at the beginning: It is a spring moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black. — Dylan Thomas
his old life lay behind in the mists, dark adventure lay in front. — J. R. R. Tolkien
beyond this place of wrath and tears looms but the horror of the shade — William Ernest Henley
It is right precious to behold
The first long surf of climbing light
Flood all the thirsty east with gold. — James Russell Lowell
The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed. — Stephen King
Let Him easter in us, be a dayspring to the dimness of us, be a crimson-cresseted east. — Gerard Manley Hopkins
But in the east the sky was pale and through the gray woods came lanterns with wagons and horses, bringing Grandpa and Grandma and aunts and uncles and cousins. — Laura Ingalls Wilder
'Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees
Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A way a lone a last a loved a long the riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs. — James Joyce
In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth. — Rachel Carson
No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn. — Jim Morrison
A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth. — Lao Tzu
Short East Of Eden Quotes
Love is the way back into Eden. It is the way back to life. — Francine Rivers
And all this time when you could have been romping around the f*cking Garden of Eden f*cking hot girls and eating steaks and living a beautiful life you were worried about... — Duncan Trussell
The cyborg would not recognize the garden of Eden; it is not made of mud and cannot dream of returning to dust. — Donna J. Haraway
Zen opens a man's eyes to the greatest mystery as it is daily and hourly performed; it enlarges the heart to embrace eternity of time and infinity of space in its every palpitation; it makes us live in the world as if walking in the garden of Eden — D.T. Suzuki
Being in the nude isn't a disgrace unless you're being promiscuous about it. After all, when God created Adam and Eve, they were stark naked. And in the Garden of Eden, God was probably naked as a jaybird too! — Bettie Page
Adam was not alone in the Garden of Eden, however, and does not deserve all the credit; much is due to Eve, the first woman, and Satan, the first consultant. — Mark Twain
After all, he put Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden naked as jaybirds! — Bettie Page
Whatever he was-that robot in the Garden of Eden, who existed without mind, without values, without labor, without love-he was not man. — John Galt
It is, of course, a trite observation to say that we live "in a period of transition." Many people have said this at many times. Adam may well have made the remark to Eve on leaving the Garden of Eden. — Harold MacMillan
And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good. — John Steinbeck
There are no ugly questions except those clothed in condescension. — John Steinbeck
The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. — John Steinbeck
This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. — John Steinbeck
We only have one story. All novels, all poetry are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. — John Steinbeck
This I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. — John Steinbeck
All great and precious things are lonely. — John Steinbeck
It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them. — John Steinbeck
Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids. — John Steinbeck
To a man born without conscience, a soul-stricken man must seem ridiculous. To a criminal, honesty is foolish. You must not forget that a monster is only a variation, and that to a monster the norm is monstrous. — John Steinbeck
We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the neverending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly respawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is. — John Steinbeck
I can understand why a system built on a pattern must try to destroy the free mind, for that is one thing which can by inspection destroy such a system. Surely I can understand this, and I hate it and I will fight against it to preserve the one thing that separates us from the uncreative beasts. If the glory can be killed, we are lost. — John Steinbeck
Some men are friends with the whole world in their hearts, and there are others that hate themselves and spread their hatred around like butter on hot bread. — John Steinbeck
But I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is always attacked and never destroyed - because 'Thou mayest. — John Steinbeck
A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean question: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well - or ill? — John Steinbeck
There's more beauty in the truth even if it is dreadful beauty. — John Steinbeck
To a monster the norm must seem monstrous, since everyone is normal to himself. — John Steinbeck
I think of my life as a kind of music, not always good music but still having form and melody. — John Steinbeck
When a man comes to die,
no matter what his talents and influences and genius,
if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him
and his dying a cold horror. — John Steinbeck
There's a capacity for appetite... that a whole heaven and earth of cake can't satisfy — John Steinbeck
You must not forget that a monster is only a variation, and that to a monster the norm is monstrous. — John Steinbeck
But 'Thou mayest!'! Why, that makes a man great, that gives him stature with the gods, for in his weakness and his filth and his murder of his brother he has still the great choice. He can choose his course and fight it through and win — John Steinbeck
Maybe-- maybe love makes you suspicious and doubting. Is it true that when you love a woman you are never sure-- never sure of her because you aren't sure of yourself? — John Steinbeck
People like you to be something, preferably what they are. — John Steinbeck
No one who is young is ever going to be old. — John Steinbeck
There is one sure thing about the fall of gods: they do not fall a little; they crash and shatter. — John Steinbeck
Sometimes a kind of glory lights up the mind of a man. — John Steinbeck
In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. — John Steinbeck
... a man is a very important thing-maybe more important than a star. — John Steinbeck
There is more beauty in truth, even if it is a dreadful beauty. The storytellers at the city gate twist life so that it looks sweet to the lazy and the stupid and the weak, and this only strengthens their infirmities and teaches nothing, cures nothing, nor does it let the heart soar. — John Steinbeck
At the end of history the whole earth has become the Garden of God again. Death and decay and suffering are gone. . . . Jesus will make the world our perfect home again. We will no longer be living 'east of Eden,' always wandering and never arriving. We will come, and the father will meet us and embrace us, and we will be brought into the feast. — Timothy Keller
In East of Eden, John Steinbeck wrote that there's never been a great creative collaboration. When the Beatles first burst on the scene, I thought they were proving him wrong. Later, we learned that Lennon and McCartney had each composed their pop masterpieces separately, individually. So it goes. — Tom Robbins
I don't think there is a single sentence in this whole book [East of Eden] that does not either develop character, carry on the story or provide necessary background. — John Steinbeck
I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest of the listener as well as of the teller. A story has in it neither gain nor loss. But a lie is a device for profit or escape. I suppose if that definition is strictly held to, then a writer of stories is a liar - if he is financially fortunate. — John Steinbeck
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