Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
JOHN STEINBECKIn utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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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 am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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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 great and precious things are lonely.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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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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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him–he has known a fear beyond every other.
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An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.
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I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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