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 STEINBECKIt’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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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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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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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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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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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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