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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.

John Steinbeck

No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
JOHN STEINBECK

Himself Human Literature Men
I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
JOHN STEINBECK

Forget Imagination Revenge Way
It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
JOHN STEINBECK

Hate Leaving Life
People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
JOHN STEINBECK

People Yourself
Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
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Defeat Destroy Greatness Success Victory World
A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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Feet Horse Men Spiritual
Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Illusion Religion Socialism
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Explanation Literature Lonely Trying
The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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Art Word Writing
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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Moments People See
The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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Exploration Freedom Human Mindset Value World
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
JOHN STEINBECK

Lonely People World
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
JOHN STEINBECK

Literature Lonely Soul
Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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Pain Secret
If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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Giving Sick Simple
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Death Failure Love Men Talent

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