Your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.
JOHN STEINBECKThe great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
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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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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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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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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.
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All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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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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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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