There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
JOHN STEINBECKIt’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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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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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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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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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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