A man without words is a man without thought.
JOHN STEINBECKAnd, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
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It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
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Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
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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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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
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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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A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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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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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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