Wednesday, February 2, 2011

A mid week interlude.

In every bit of honest writing in the world there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love. There are shorter means, many of them. There is writing promoting social change, writing punishing injustice, writing in celebration of heroism, but always that base theme. Try to understand each other.


– John Steinbeck in his 1938 journal entry

5 comments:

  1. Nicola, if you want to understand men watch the Tower Insurance TV advertisement where a man in the kitchen is so eager for his partner’s approval that he waits in the kitchen for her to come in before he closes the dishwasher drawer to get her to acknowledgement that he has done well.

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  2. "Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love." Wouldn't that make me gay?

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  3. Don't listen to them Nicola (of RBB), this was a lovely quote.

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  4. I agree with Richard - good work John Steinbeck.

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  5. Thanks R and F.

    I have always thought, C, that NZ TV ADS make New Zealand men look rather stupid and feckless.

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