John Steinbeck quotes - page 9

I suppose our capacity for self-delusion is boundless. (John Steinbeck)
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck. View quote
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It's a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it. View quote
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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased. View quote
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It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone. View quote
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But the Hebrew word, the word timshel-‘Thou mayest'- that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest'-it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not. View quote
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I guess there are never enough books. View quote
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As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment. View quote
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are. View quote
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Anything that just costs money is cheap. View quote
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Time is more complex near the sea than in any other place, for in addition to the circling of the sun and the turning of the seasons, the waves beat out the passage of time on the rocks and the tides rise and fall as a great clepsydra. (John Steinbeck)
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found. View quote
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My whole work drive has been aimed at making people understand each other. View quote
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When I was very young and the urge to be someplace was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch. View quote
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The ancient commission of the writer has not changed. He is charged with exposing our many grievous faults and failures, with dredging up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams for the purpose of improvement. View quote
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A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. View quote
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Humanity has been passing through a gray and desolate time of confusion. View quote
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A guy needs somebody―to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick. View quote
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It was her habit to build up laughter out of inadequate materials. View quote
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Perhaps the less we have, the more we are required to brag. View quote
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I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger. (John Steinbeck)
Men really do need sea-monsters in their personal oceans. View quote
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Don't make everyone know about your sadness. View quote
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The quality of owning freezes you forever in "I," and cuts you off forever from the "we. View quote
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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself. View quote
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