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 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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A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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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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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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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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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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The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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