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5 quotes from The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.

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She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the citadel of the family, the strong place that could not be taken.
— The narrator · John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (1939), Chapter 8
66 is the path of a people in flight, refugees from dust and shrinking land, from the thunder of tractors and shrinking ownership
— The narrator · John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (1939), Chapter 12
For man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.
— The narrator · John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (1939), Chapter 14
And they listened while the tales were told, and their participation made the stories great.
— The narrator · John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (1939), Chapter 23
maybe all men got one big soul ever'body's a part of
— Jim Casy · John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (1939)

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