Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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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I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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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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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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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 free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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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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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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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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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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