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Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.

John Steinbeck

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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Believe Inspirational Man Strong Woman Empowerment Women
Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Illusion Religion Socialism
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Acceptable Believe Courage Hurt Lying Punishment Time
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
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
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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Confused Government People Tolerance
An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
JOHN STEINBECK

Family Parents
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 STEINBECK

Change Hide Men
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
JOHN STEINBECK

Explanation Literature Lonely Trying
Your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.
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Help Reading Reality Writing
In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
JOHN STEINBECK

Anger Growth People Soul
The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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Art Word Writing
Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
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Defeat Destroy Greatness Success Victory World
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Death Sad Story Writing
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Anger Children Men
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
JOHN STEINBECK

Moments People See

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