John Steinbeck Quote

I have owed you this letter for a very long time — but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned tool.

Letter to his literary agent, found on his desk after his death in 1968 - Writers at Work (1977)

I have owed you this letter for a very long time — but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned tool.

I have owed you this letter for a very long time — but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned tool.

I have owed you this letter for a very long time — but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned tool.

I have owed you this letter for a very long time — but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned tool.