A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
JOHN STEINBECKI shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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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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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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To finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn’t really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.
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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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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 know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. Confused people can make no clear demands.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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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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