American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
JOHN STEINBECKWhen two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
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There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
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If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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All great and precious things are lonely.
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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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