If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
JOHN STEINBECKMen 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.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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A man without words is a man without thought.
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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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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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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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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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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