Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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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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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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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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All great and precious things are lonely.
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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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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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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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All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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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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