All great and precious things are lonely.
JOHN STEINBECKIt’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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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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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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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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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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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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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
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My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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