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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.

John Steinbeck

My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
JOHN STEINBECK

Funny Hell Imagination Travel
You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
JOHN STEINBECK

Advice Deep Yourself
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
JOHN STEINBECK

Alcohol Taste World
I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. Confused people can make no clear demands.
JOHN STEINBECK

Confused Government People Tolerance
When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
JOHN STEINBECK

Change Deep People Philosophy
Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
JOHN STEINBECK

Fools Literature Man
I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
JOHN STEINBECK

Reality Romance War
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Defeat Destroy Greatness Success Victory World
If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
JOHN STEINBECK

Kind Love Understand
The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
JOHN STEINBECK

Help World Yourself
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

Acceptable Believe Courage Hurt Lying Punishment Time
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
JOHN STEINBECK

Encouragement Goodness Inspirational Perfection
Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
JOHN STEINBECK

Book Entertainment Friendship Talk
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
JOHN STEINBECK

Literature Lonely Soul
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
JOHN STEINBECK

Empathy Feeling People Understand
It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
JOHN STEINBECK

Darkness Grief Light Loss

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