A man without words is a man without thought.
JOHN STEINBECKIf you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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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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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In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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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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In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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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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I like a lot of talk in a book and I don’t like to have nobody tell me what the guy that’s talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks.
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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
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The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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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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