I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
JOHN STEINBECKA man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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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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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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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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The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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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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Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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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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Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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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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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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All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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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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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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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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A man without words is a man without thought.
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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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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.
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