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American Author February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968

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Privately there were some things in Heaven of which she did not approve. There was too much singing, and she didn’t see how even the Elect could survive for very long the celestial laziness which was promised. She would find something to do in Heaven. There must be something to take up one’s time – some clouds to darn, some weary wings to rub with liniment. Maybe the collars of the robes needed turning now and then, and when you come right down to it, she couldn’t believe that even in heaven... John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our..."
It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it and it's usually crucifixion. John Steinbeck
I know, Ma. I'm a-tryin'. But them deputies- Did you ever see a deputy that didn't have a fat ass? An' they waggle their ass an' flop their gun aroun'. Ma", he said, "if it was the law they was workin' with, why we could take it. But it ain't the law. They're a-working away at our spirits. They're a-tryin' to make us cringe an' crawl like a whipped bitch. They're tryin' to break us. Why, Jesus Christ, Ma, they comes a time when the on'y way a fella can keep his decency is by takin' a sock at... John Steinbeck
look'n for a job?" this is when the truck driver asks joad what he is doing and i think it indecates that this story revolves around a very hard time John Steinbeck
In town in a whorehouse. That’s where your money’s goin’. Jesus, I seen it happen too many times. I seen too many guys with land in their head. They never get none under their hand. John Steinbeck
The church and the whorehouse arrived in the Far West simultaneously. And each would have been horrified to think it was a different facet of the same thing. But surely they were both intended to accomplish the same thing: the singing, the devotion, the poetry of the churches took a man out of his bleakness for a time, and so did the brothels. John Steinbeck
And this you can know- fear the time when Manself will not suffer and die for a concept, for this one quality is man, distinctive in the universe. John Steinbeck
Cathy did not forget her lies, and she developed the most effective method of lying. She stayed close enough to the truth so that one could never be sure. She knew two other methods also..either to interlard her lies with truth or to tell a truth as though it were a lie. If one is accused of a lie and it turns out to be the truth, there is a backlog that will last a long time and protect a number of untruths. John Steinbeck
The bank - the monster has to have profits all the time. It can't wait. It'll die. No, taxes go on. When the monster stops growing, it dies. It can't stay one size. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "I know a little bit about a great many things and not enough..."
I know a little bit about a great many things and not enough about any one to make a living in these times. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "They's times when how you feel got to be kep' to yourself."
They's times when how you feel got to be kep' to yourself. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "Like most modern people, I don't believe in prophecy or magic..."
Like most modern people, I don't believe in prophecy or magic and then spend half my time practicing it. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "It is the hour of pearl—the interval between day and night..."
It is the hour of pearl—the interval between day and night when time stops and examines itself. 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: "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

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