1/16/12

"John Steinbeck on Falling in Love..."

So...I didn't live up to my promise about posting something non-thesis related before the weekend concluded....I just couldn't tear myself away from my thesis, which, I guess is a good thing.....

But a promise is a promise...even to an unidentifiable group of people who may or may not read this....I digress. While scoping out Twitter on Friday, I came across this article posted on The Atlantic: John Steinbeck on Falling in Love: A 1958 Letter.
Steinbeck is one of the greatest American writers and is the author of one of my all time favorites, Travels With Charley. The letter posted in The Atlantic is a response to his son after hearing that his son was in love...it's completely endearing and makes me fall deeper in love with him. The end quote in the article sums the letter up better than I can, "Steinbeck's words of wisdom—tender, optimistic, timeless, infinitely sagacious—should be etched onto the heart and mind of every living, breathing human being."

3 comments:

Stu said...

By sheerest coincidence, my usual weekday running route takes me through Cannery Row. I usually give a little fist-bump to the bust of John Steinbeck while running by.

Danielle said...

I'm a bit jealous...give him a double fist-bump next time :)

Stu said...

Done.