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John Steinbeck Quotes

John Steinbeck quotes about kindness

American Author February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968

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Doc would listen to any kind of nonsense and turn it into wisdom. His mind had no horizon - and his sympathy had no warp. He could talk to children, telling them very profound things so that they understood. He lived in a world of wonders, of excitement. He was concupiscent as a rabbit and gentle as hell. Everyone who knew him was indebted to him. And everyone who thought of him thought next, 'I really must do something nice for Doc. John Steinbeck
When a child first catches adults out -- when it first walks into his grave little head that adults do not always have divine intelligence, that their judgments are not always wise, their thinking true, their sentences just -- his world falls into panic desolation. The gods are fallen and all safety gone. And there is one sure thing about the fall of gods: they do not fall a little; they crash and shatter or sink deeply into green muck. It is a tedious job to build them up again; they never... John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "Our people are good people; our people are kind people. Pray..."
Our people are good people; our people are kind people. Pray God some day kind people won't all be poor. John Steinbeck
I know that sometimes a lie is used in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of the truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agonyof a lie is neverlost. That's a running sore John Steinbeck
Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "Doc would listen to any kind of nonsense and change it for you..."
Doc would listen to any kind of nonsense and change it for you to a kind of wisdom. John Steinbeck
Margie had known many men, most of them guilty, wounded in their vanity, or despairing, so that she had developed a contempt for her quarry as a professional hunter of vermin does. It was easy to move such men through their fears and their vanities. They ached so to be fooled that she no longer felt triumph--only a kind of disgusted pity. John Steinbeck
Sure I got sins. Ever'body got sins. A sin is somepin you ain't sure about. Them people that's sure about ever'thing an' ain't got no sin-- well, with that kind a son-of-a-bitch, if I was God I'd kick their ass right outa heaven! I couldn' stand 'em! John Steinbeck
Why don't you go on west to California? There's work there, and it never gets cold. Why, you can reach out anywhere and pick an orange. Why, there's always some kind of crop to work in. Why don't you go there? John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "There's an awful lot of inactive kindness which is nothing but..."
There's an awful lot of inactive kindness which is nothing but laziness, not wanting any trouble, confusion, or effort. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "What some people find in religion a writer may find in his..."
What some people find in religion a writer may find in his craft...a kind of breaking through to glory. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "What the hell kind of bed you giving us, anyways? We don't..."
What the hell kind of bed you giving us, anyways? We don't want no pants rabbits. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "What the hell kind of bed you giving us, anyways? We don't..."
What the hell kind of bed you giving us, anyways? We don't know no pants rabbits. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "There are two kinds of people in the world, observers and..."
There are two kinds of people in the world, observers and non-observers... John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "I had to be self-contained, a kind of casual turtle carrying..."
I had to be self-contained, a kind of casual turtle carrying his house on his back. John Steinbeck

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