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.
JOHN STEINBECK
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.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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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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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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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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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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