American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
JOHN STEINBECKMy imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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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People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
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Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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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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And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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