It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
JOHN STEINBECKNo one wants advice – only corroboration.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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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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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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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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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.
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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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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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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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