In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
JOHN STEINBECKIn the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. Confused people can make no clear demands.
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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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Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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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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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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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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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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