"It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them." (p. 132)

"Yes, memory. Without that, time would be unarmed against us." (p. 373)

"We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly respawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is." (p. 413)

... some East of Eden (Steinbeck) quotes.

I'll come back to all this later.