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It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.

John Steinbeck

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Explanation Literature Lonely Trying
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Escape Life
Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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Conversion Men World
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
The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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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.
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Acceptable Believe Courage Hurt Lying Punishment Time
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
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
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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Anger Children Men
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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Literature Lonely Soul
When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
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Death Failure Love Men Talent
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
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Fight Military
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
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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Goodness Lose Love Right
It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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Hate Leaving Life

It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.

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