In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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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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It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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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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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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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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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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