In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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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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To finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn’t really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.
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All great and precious things are lonely.
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If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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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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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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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 final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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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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There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
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Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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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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