“We Americans bring in mercenaries  to do our hard and humble work.  I hope we may not be overwhelmed one  day by peoples not too proud or too lazy or too soft to bend to the  earth and pick up the things we eat” (64) -Steinbeck
“‘If by force you make a creature  live and work like a beast, you must think of him as a beast, else  empathy would drive you mad.  Once you have classified him in your mind,  your feelings are safe’” (265) Steinbeck
   
"Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal."
- Albert Camus
"There is perhaps nothing worse than reaching the top of the ladder and
discovering that you're on the wrong wall." - Joseph Campbell
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