A man without words is a man without thought.
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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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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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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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.
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It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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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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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
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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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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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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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