I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
JOHN STEINBECK
If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
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Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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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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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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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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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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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.
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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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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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