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.
JOHN STEINBECKNo one wants advice – only corroboration.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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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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Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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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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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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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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