It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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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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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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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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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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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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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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All great and precious things are lonely.
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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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