The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
JOHN STEINBECKHow 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.
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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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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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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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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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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Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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A man without words is a man without thought.
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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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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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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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I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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