Fear the time when the bombs stop falling while the bombers live – for every bomb is proof that the spirit has not died.
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 14. Steinbeck gets into a a pretty intense philosphical discussion about change and resistance in this chapter. In this quote he praises the fighting spirit of people. He warns that we should not fear the bombs but only when the bombs no longer fall, because they show that people’s spirit is still alive.