People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
JOHN STEINBECKHow 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.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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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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Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
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My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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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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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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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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