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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.

John Steinbeck

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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Deep Season Summer Winter
It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
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Darkness Grief Light Loss
In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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Anger Growth People Soul
Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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Fools Literature Man
Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
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Book Entertainment Friendship Talk
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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Difficult Experience Life Problem
Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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Goodness Growth Inspirational Struggle Worth
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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Death Sad Story Writing
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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Encouragement Goodness Inspirational Perfection
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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Journey Space Time
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.
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Believe Inspirational Man Strong Woman Empowerment Women
My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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Funny Hell Imagination Travel
Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.
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Change Hide Men
I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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Forget Imagination Revenge Way
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Born Lost Myself
With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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Mistake Ourselves Shine
I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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Reality Romance War
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
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Himself Human Literature Men
I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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Experience Government Hate Nation
Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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Feeling Yourself
If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
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Last Listening Myself Rule Story
When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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Change Deep People Philosophy
No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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Advice Business Entrepreneur
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
JOHN STEINBECK

Dream Excellence Writing
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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Literature Lonely Soul
Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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Pain Secret
There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
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Person Responsibility Space

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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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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