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Quote by John Steinbeck
Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver.

Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet hunger gnaws you. You have been loved, but your yearning wanders in new fields. And to prod all these theres time, the Bastard Time. – John Steinbeck

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