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.
JOHN STEINBECKGirls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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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 wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him–he has known a fear beyond every other.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.
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The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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