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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.

John Steinbeck

Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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Fools Literature Man
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
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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Acceptable Believe Courage Hurt Lying Punishment Time
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Explanation Literature Lonely Trying
People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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People Yourself
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
Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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Art Greatness Human Teacher Teaching
Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Illusion Religion Socialism
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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Lonely People World
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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Change Kind Word Writing
A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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Feet Horse Men Spiritual
A man without words is a man without thought.
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Life Men Word
My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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Funny Hell Imagination Travel
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
I like a lot of talk in a book and I don’t like to have nobody tell me what the guy that’s talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks.
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Book Himself Talk
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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Fight God Philosophy Prayer

I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.

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