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The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.

John Steinbeck

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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Believe Inspirational Man Strong Woman Empowerment Women
I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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Experience Government Hate Nation
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
JOHN STEINBECK

Moments People See
The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
JOHN STEINBECK

Brain Weapons
Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
JOHN STEINBECK

See Truth Writing
To be alive at all is to have scars.
JOHN STEINBECK

Alive Scars
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
JOHN STEINBECK

Funny Hell Imagination Travel
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
JOHN STEINBECK

Himself Human Literature Men
In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
JOHN STEINBECK

Animal Change Herself Money Sickness
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Difficult Experience Life Problem
Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
JOHN STEINBECK

Art Greatness Human Teacher Teaching
If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
JOHN STEINBECK

Last Listening Myself Rule Story
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
JOHN STEINBECK

Animal Couple Ideas Inspirational Wisdom
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Death Failure Love Men Talent
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
JOHN STEINBECK

Encouragement Goodness Inspirational Perfection

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