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 STEINBECKWrite freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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.
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The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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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.
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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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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.
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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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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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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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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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My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
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I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget 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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