A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
JOHN STEINBECKTo be alive at all is to have scars.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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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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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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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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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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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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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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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In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.
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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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