Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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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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The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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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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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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A man without words is a man without thought.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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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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There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
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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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You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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