In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
JOHN STEINBECKBooks are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
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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 sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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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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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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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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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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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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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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