I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.
JOHN STEINBECKMan is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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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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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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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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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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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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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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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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And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
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To finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn’t really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.
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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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