People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
JOHN STEINBECKTo finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn’t really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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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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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
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A man without words is a man without thought.
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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
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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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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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