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.
JOHN STEINBECKSometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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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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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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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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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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Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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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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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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