I remember my childhood names for grasses and secret flowers. I remember where a toad may live and what time the birds awaken in the summer — and what trees and seasons smelled like — how people looked and walked and smelled even. The memory of odors is very rich.


East of Eden, And, The Wayward Bus (ed. 1952)

John Steinbeck Quotes

I remember my childhood names for grasses and secret flowers. I remember where a toad may live and what time the birds awaken in the summer — and...

I remember my childhood names for grasses and secret flowers. I remember where a toad may live and what time the birds awaken in the summer — and...

I remember my childhood names for grasses and secret flowers. I remember where a toad may live and what time the birds awaken in the summer — and...

I remember my childhood names for grasses and secret flowers. I remember where a toad may live and what time the birds awaken in the summer — and...