His guard was up now and he wasn't listening; he was only angry because here was a world he could not enter and so he had to disbelieve in its existence. He fell back on the world he knew.


Act One: The Circus. "He" is Victor. - Burning Bright (1950)

John Steinbeck Quotes

His guard was up now and he wasn't listening; he was only angry because here was a world he could not enter and so he had to disbelieve in its...

His guard was up now and he wasn't listening; he was only angry because here was a world he could not enter and so he had to disbelieve in its...

His guard was up now and he wasn't listening; he was only angry because here was a world he could not enter and so he had to disbelieve in its...

His guard was up now and he wasn't listening; he was only angry because here was a world he could not enter and so he had to disbelieve in its...