I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
JOHN STEINBECKMaybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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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 find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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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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