The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
JOHN STEINBECKI am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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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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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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All great and precious things are lonely.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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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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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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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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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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