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John Steinbeck quotes

American Author February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968

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John Steinbeck quote: "The only good writer was a dead writer."
The only good writer was a dead writer. John Steinbeck
When you collect marine animals there are certain flat worms so delicate that they are almost impossible to catch whole for they will break and tatter under the touch. You must let them ooze and crawl of their own will onto a knife blade and lift them gently into your bottle of sea water. And perhaps that might be the way to write this book-to open the page and let the stories crawl in by themselves. John Steinbeck
the surface of the earth crusted. a thin hard crust, and as the sky became pale, so the earth became pale, pink in the red contry and white in the gray contry." (1) this describes the form of the book how the earth has been swallowed by the sun and allows you to assume that the farms are destroded John Steinbeck
It is possible, even probable, to be told a truth about a place, to accept it, to know it and at the same time not to know anything about it. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "What pillow can one have like a good conscience?"
What pillow can one have like a good conscience? John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "Only God sees the sparrow fall, but even God doesn't do..."
Only God sees the sparrow fall, but even God doesn't do anything about it. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The..."
Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie"
An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie John Steinbeck
Thou mayest rule over sin,’ Lee. That’s it. I do not believe all men are destroyed. I can name you a dozen who were not, and they are the ones the world lives by. It is true of the spirit as it is true of battles — only the winners are remembered. Surely most men are destroyed, but there are others who like pillars of fire guide frightened men through the darkness. ‘Thou mayest, Thou mayest!’ What glory! John Steinbeck
She had not prayed directly for the recovery of the baby - she had prayed that they might find a pearl with which to hire the doctor to cure the baby, for the minds of people are as unsubstantial as the mirage of the Gulf. John Steinbeck
If then this tendency toward collectivization is a mutation there is no reason to suppose it is for the better. It is a rule in paleontology that ornamentation and complication precede extinction. And our mutation, of which the assembly line, the collective farm, the mechanized army, and the mass production of food are evidences or even symptoms, might well correspond to the thickening armor of the great reptiles—a tendency that can end only in extinction. John Steinbeck
It is astounding to find that the belly of every black and evil thing is as white as snow. And it is saddening to discover how the concealed parts of angels are leporous. 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: "There would come a time in our poverty when we needed a party."
There would come a time in our poverty when we needed a party. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space..."
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased. John Steinbeck

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