Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
JOHN STEINBECKI find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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All great and precious things are lonely.
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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
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When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
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Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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