All great and precious things are lonely.
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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I like a lot of talk in a book and I don’t like to have nobody tell me what the guy that’s talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks.
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Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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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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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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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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In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
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My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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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 craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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