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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.

John Steinbeck

Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
JOHN STEINBECK

Ignorance Men Stupidity
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
JOHN STEINBECK

Encouragement Goodness Inspirational Perfection
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
JOHN STEINBECK

Alcohol Taste World
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
JOHN STEINBECK

Ideas Thinking Yourself
Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
JOHN STEINBECK

Appearance Poor Roots
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
JOHN STEINBECK

Corruption Fear Loss Power
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
JOHN STEINBECK

Explanation Literature Lonely Trying
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
JOHN STEINBECK

Moments People See
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
The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
JOHN STEINBECK

Anger Company Greatness
Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
JOHN STEINBECK

Conversion Men World
American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
JOHN STEINBECK

Life Marriage Sex
No one wants advice – only corroboration.
JOHN STEINBECK

Advice Business Entrepreneur
With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
JOHN STEINBECK

Mistake Ourselves Shine
The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
JOHN STEINBECK

Brain Weapons
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

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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