John Steinbeck

A Russian Journal

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  • vddmnkhas quoted6 years ago
    argued, was no excuse for him, and he had to be punished
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    don't know why airports are so far from the cities they supposedly service, but they are, and Moscow is no exception
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    Kendricks took us to their room, and fed us smoked salmon and vodka, and made us welcome
  • vddmnkhas quoted6 years ago
    boxes. A girl stevedore came aboard-the strongest girl I have ever seen
  • vddmnkhas quoted6 years ago
    shining stainless steel teeth, which make the human mouth look so much like a piece of machinery
  • vddmnkhas quoted6 years ago
    Some very husky porters carried our luggage to the front of the airport and waited expectantly to be paid, and we couldn't pay them
  • vddmnkhas quoted6 years ago
    But, as he proceeded, it became clear to us that he was not looking for anything in particular, he was just interested. He turned over
  • vddmnkhas quoted6 years ago
    From another pocket of his tunic he brought out a lead pencil; then, after licking the rubber stamp, he rubbed the lead pencil on the rubber and tried it on our papers
  • vddmnkhas quoted6 years ago
    the scars of the long war were apparent on the ground- the trenches, the cut-up earth, the shell holes, now beginning to be overgrown with grass
  • vddmnkhas quoted6 years ago
    thought also that we might be heavily assessed for all this new equipment
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