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John Steinbeck quotes

American Author February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968

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I like a lot of talk in a book and I don't like to have nobody tell me what the guy that's talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "And finally comes culture, which is entertainment, relaxation,..."
And finally comes culture, which is entertainment, relaxation, transport out of the pain of living. John Steinbeck
If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to a recipe that can be passed from one person to another. John Steinbeck
Part of the far shore disappeared into a shimmer that looked like water. There was no certainty in seeing, no proof that what you saw was there or was not there. And the people of the Gulf expected all places were that way, and it was not strange to them. John Steinbeck
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. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "Henry liked fun and avoided when he could any solemn or..."
Henry liked fun and avoided when he could any solemn or serious matter, for he confused these with sorrow. John Steinbeck
For there are two possible reactions to social ostracism - either a man emerges determined to be better, purer, and kindlier or he goes bad, challenges the world and does even worse things. The last is by far the commonest reaction to stigma. John Steinbeck
I wonder why it is that when I plan a route too carefully, it goes to pieces, whereas if I blunder along in blissful ignorance aimed in a fancied direction I get through with no trouble. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "I'm jus' pain covered with skin."
I'm jus' pain covered with skin. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "It seems as though there are never enough books."
It seems as though there are never enough books. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "I guess there are never enough books."
I guess there are never enough books. John Steinbeck
You know most people live ninety per cent in the past, seven per cent in the present, and that only leaves them three per cent for the future. John Steinbeck
I should have known […] I am the rain. […] I am the land […] and I am the rain. The grass will grow out of me in a little while. John Steinbeck
What A frightening thing is the human, a mass of gages, and dials, and registers, but we can read only a few and those perhaps not accurately. John Steinbeck
What a frightening thing is the human, a mass of gauges and dials and registers, and we can only read a few and those perhaps not accurately. John Steinbeck

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