I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget 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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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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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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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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All great and precious things are lonely.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
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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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People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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