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 STEINBECKNo man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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A man without words is a man without thought.
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When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
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The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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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’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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