John Steinbeck quotes - page 11

He said, "I am a man," and that meant certain things to Juana. It meant that he was half insane and half god. (John Steinbeck)
The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental. View quote
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It is not good to want a thing too much. It sometimes drives the luck away. You must want it just enough, and you must be very tactful with Gods or the gods. View quote
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It would be good to live in a perpetual state of leave-taking, never to go nor to stay, but to remain suspended in that golden emotion of love and longing; to be loved without satiety. View quote
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I think today if we forbade our illiterate children to touch the wonderful things of our literature, perhaps they might steal them and find secret joy. View quote
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For how can you remember the feel of pleasure or pain or choking emotion? You can remember only that you had them. View quote
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So much there is to see, but our morning eyes describe a different world than do our afternoon eyes, and surely our wearied evening eyes can report only a weary evening world. View quote
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Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars. View quote
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You must not forget that a monster is only a variation, and that to a monster the norm is monstrous. View quote
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Riches seem to come to the poor in spirit, the poor in interest and joy. To put it straight - the very rich are a poor bunch of bastards. View quote
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The people say that the two seemed to be removed from human experience; that they had gone through pain and had come out on the other side. (John Steinbeck)
I am a little man and this is a little town, but there must be a spark in little men that can burst into flame. View quote
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He drank too much when he could get it, ate too much when it was there, talked too much all the time. View quote
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She knew she could help him best by being silent and by being near. View quote
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Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is. View quote
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Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God. View quote
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It's almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing. View quote
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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. View quote
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An ocean without unnamed monsters would be like sleep without dreams. View quote
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Once you have lived in New York and made it your home, no place else is good enough. View quote
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Once Charley fell in love with a dachshund, a romance racially unsuitable, physically ridiculous, and mechanically impossible. But all these problems Charley ignored. He loved deeply and tried dogfully. (John Steinbeck)
The theater is the only institution in the world which has been dying for four thousand years and has never succumbed. It requires tough and devoted people to keep it alive. View quote
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Well, I remember this girl. I am not whole without her. I am not alive without her. When she was with me I was more alive than I have ever been, and not only when she was pleasant either. Even when we were fighting I was whole. View quote
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This was an evil beyond thinking. The killing of a man was not so evil as the killing of a boat. For a boat does not have sons, and a boat cannot protect itself, and a wounded boat does not heal. View quote
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All of them had a restlessness in common. View quote
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