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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.

John Steinbeck

I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
JOHN STEINBECK

Reality Romance War
The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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Anger Company Greatness
An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
JOHN STEINBECK

Family Parents
With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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Mistake Ourselves Shine
I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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Experience Government Hate Nation
A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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Feet Horse Men Spiritual
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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Literature Lonely Soul
My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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Funny Hell Imagination Travel
In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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Anger Growth People Soul
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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Himself Listening People Story
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Fight Military
The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
JOHN STEINBECK

Art Word Writing
When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
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Death Failure Love Men Talent
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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Animal Change Herself Money Sickness
The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
JOHN STEINBECK

Brain Weapons

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