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John Steinbeck quotes: The impulse of the American woman to geld her husband and castrate her sons is very strong. The impulse of the American woman to geld her husband and castrate her sons is very strong.
John Steinbeck quotes: No matter how weak and negative a good man is, he has as many sins on him as he can bear. No matter how weak and negative a good man is, he has as many sins on him as he can bear.
John Steinbeck quotes: 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 quotes: The warfare between the unaroused male and female is constant and ferocious. Each blames the other for his loss of soul. The warfare between the unaroused male and female is constant and ferocious. Each blames the other for his loss of soul.
John Steinbeck quotes: How we build," Pilon cried. "How our dreams lead us. I How we build," Pilon cried. "How our dreams lead us. I
John Steinbeck quotes: Guys like us got nothing to look ahead to. Guys like us got nothing to look ahead to.
John Steinbeck quotes: Men all do about the same thing when they wake up. Men all do about the same thing when they wake up.
John Steinbeck quotes: Beans are a roof over your head. Beans are a roof over your head.
John Steinbeck quotes: I've always taken my hangovers as consequence, not as a punishment. I've always taken my hangovers as consequence, not as a punishment.
John Steinbeck quotes: They were the worst threats to a home, for they offered ease and thought and companionship as opposed to neatness, order, and properness They were the worst threats to a home, for they offered ease and thought and companionship as opposed to neatness, order, and properness
John Steinbeck quotes: I need a dog pretty badly. I dreamed of dogs last night. They sat in a circle and looked at me and I wanted all of them. I need a dog pretty badly. I dreamed of dogs last night. They sat in a circle and looked at me and I wanted all of them.
John Steinbeck quotes: The story [Henny-Penny] has the best opening in all literature-"The sky is falling," cried Henny-Penny, "and a piece of it fell on my tail. The story [Henny-Penny] has the best opening in all literature-"The sky is falling," cried Henny-Penny, "and a piece of it fell on my tail.
John Steinbeck quotes: Muscle, had goggled him and muzzled him - goggled his mind, muzzled his speech, goggled his perception, muzzled his protest. Muscle, had goggled him and muzzled him - goggled his mind, muzzled his speech, goggled his perception, muzzled his protest.
John Steinbeck quotes: I nearly always write just as I nearly always breathe. I nearly always write just as I nearly always breathe.
John Steinbeck quotes: What a wonderful thing a woman is. I can admire what they do even if I don't understand why. What a wonderful thing a woman is. I can admire what they do even if I don't understand why.
John Steinbeck quotes: There is no loneliness like that of one who can only give and no anger like that of those who only receive and hate the weight of debt. There is no loneliness like that of one who can only give and no anger like that of those who only receive and hate the weight of debt.
John Steinbeck quotes: Oh, the strawberries don't taste as they used to and the thighs of women have lost their clutch! Oh, the strawberries don't taste as they used to and the thighs of women have lost their clutch!
John Steinbeck quotes: Look out for luck. You can't trus' luck. Look out for luck. You can't trus' luck.
John Steinbeck quotes: Luck, you see, brings bitter friends. Luck, you see, brings bitter friends.
John Steinbeck quotes: Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create - this is man. Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create - this is man.
John Steinbeck quotes: All great and precious things are lonely. All great and precious things are lonely.
John Steinbeck quotes: It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone. It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
John Steinbeck quotes: Doc tips his hat to dogs as he drives by and the dogs look up and smile at him. Doc tips his hat to dogs as he drives by and the dogs look up and smile at him.
John Steinbeck quotes: In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms
John Steinbeck quotes: The difficulty of course is that I like women. It is only wives I am in trouble with. The difficulty of course is that I like women. It is only wives I am in trouble with.
John Steinbeck quotes: I would like to sit still for a while but I'm restless you know and sitting still is only an ideal like celibacy and complete cleanliness. I would like to sit still for a while but I'm restless you know and sitting still is only an ideal like celibacy and complete cleanliness.
John Steinbeck quotes: We could live offa the fatta the lan'. We could live offa the fatta the lan'.
John Steinbeck quotes: And the owners not only did not work the farms any more, many of them had never seen the farms they owned. And the owners not only did not work the farms any more, many of them had never seen the farms they owned.
John Steinbeck quotes: If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
John Steinbeck quotes: A boy gets to be a man when a man is needed. Remember this thing. I have known boys forty years old because there was no need for a man: A boy gets to be a man when a man is needed. Remember this thing. I have known boys forty years old because there was no need for a man:
John Steinbeck quotes: He was very rich; he bought eggs to throw at a Chinaman. And one of those eggs missed the Chinaman and hit a policeman. So, Danny was in jail. He was very rich; he bought eggs to throw at a Chinaman. And one of those eggs missed the Chinaman and hit a policeman. So, Danny was in jail.
John Steinbeck quotes: She had a dour Presbyterian mind and a code of morals that pinned down and beat the brains out of nearly everything that was pleasant to do. She had a dour Presbyterian mind and a code of morals that pinned down and beat the brains out of nearly everything that was pleasant to do.
John Steinbeck quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Things that happen are of no importance. But from everything that happens, there is a lesson to be learned. Things that happen are of no importance. But from everything that happens, there is a lesson to be learned.
John Steinbeck quotes: The party had all the best qualities of a riot and a night on the barricades. The party had all the best qualities of a riot and a night on the barricades.
John Steinbeck quotes: Like most passionate nations, Texas has its own history based on, but not limited by, facts. Like most passionate nations, Texas has its own history based on, but not limited by, facts.
John Steinbeck quotes: I'm glad there's love here. That's all. I'm glad there's love here. That's all.
John Steinbeck quotes: The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental. The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
John Steinbeck quotes: It seemed to me that the earth was generous and outgoing here in the heartland, and perhaps the people took a cue from it. It seemed to me that the earth was generous and outgoing here in the heartland, and perhaps the people took a cue from it.
John Steinbeck quotes: Perhaps my greatest wisdom is the knowledge that I do not know. Perhaps my greatest wisdom is the knowledge that I do not know.
John Steinbeck quotes: Are cats strange animals or do they so resemble us that we find them curious as we do monkeys? Are cats strange animals or do they so resemble us that we find them curious as we do monkeys?
John Steinbeck quotes: And finally comes culture, which is entertainment, relaxation, transport out of the pain of living. And finally comes culture, which is entertainment, relaxation, transport out of the pain of living.
John Steinbeck quotes: I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible. I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.
John Steinbeck quotes: The candle aimed its spark of light at heaven, like an artist who consumes himself to become divine. The candle aimed its spark of light at heaven, like an artist who consumes himself to become divine.
John Steinbeck quotes: Positano bites deep. It is a dream place that isn't quite real when you are there and becomes beckoningly real after you have gone. Positano bites deep. It is a dream place that isn't quite real when you are there and becomes beckoningly real after you have gone.
John Steinbeck quotes: Timshel - thou mayest Timshel - thou mayest
John Steinbeck quotes: turning its periscope head from side to side. Suddenly turning its periscope head from side to side. Suddenly
John Steinbeck quotes: You stay out here a little while, an' if you smell any roses, you come let me smell, too. You stay out here a little while, an' if you smell any roses, you come let me smell, too.
John Steinbeck quotes: The camera need not be a cold mechanical device. Like the pen, it is as good as the man who uses it. It can be the extension of mind and The camera need not be a cold mechanical device. Like the pen, it is as good as the man who uses it. It can be the extension of mind and heart ...
John Steinbeck quotes: Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God. Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
John Steinbeck quotes: Woman can change better'n man," Ma said soothingly. "Woman got all her life in her arms. Man got it all in his head. Woman can change better'n man," Ma said soothingly. "Woman got all her life in her arms. Man got it all in his head.
John Steinbeck quotes: It don't cost money to ask. It don't cost money to ask.
John Steinbeck quotes: People don't want advice ... only corroboration. People don't want advice ... only corroboration.
John Steinbeck quotes: It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another-but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good. It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another-but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.
John Steinbeck quotes: If we could learn to like ourselves, even a little, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away. If we could learn to like ourselves, even a little, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away.
John Steinbeck quotes: The break would never come as long as fear could turn to wrath. The break would never come as long as fear could turn to wrath.
John Steinbeck quotes: I have written a great many stories and I still don't know how to go about it except to write it and take my chances. I have written a great many stories and I still don't know how to go about it except to write it and take my chances.
John Steinbeck quotes: I don't know. It's like getting up in the morning. I don't want to get up but I don't want to stay in bed either. I don't know. It's like getting up in the morning. I don't want to get up but I don't want to stay in bed either.
John Steinbeck quotes: Lennie begged, "Le's do it now. Le's get that place now." "Sure right now. I gotta. We gotta. Lennie begged, "Le's do it now. Le's get that place now." "Sure right now. I gotta. We gotta.
John Steinbeck quotes: black gloom settled over the Palace Flophouse. black gloom settled over the Palace Flophouse.
John Steinbeck quotes: A light in the daytime is a lonely thing. A light in the daytime is a lonely thing.
John Steinbeck quotes: A question is a trap and an answer is your foot in it. A question is a trap and an answer is your foot in it.
John Steinbeck quotes: I had to be self-contained, a kind of casual turtle carrying his house on his back. I had to be self-contained, a kind of casual turtle carrying his house on his back.
John Steinbeck quotes: He smiled at her as a man might smile at a memory. He smiled at her as a man might smile at a memory.
John Steinbeck quotes: My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day. My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
John Steinbeck quotes: I ain't gonna try to teach 'em nothin'. I'm gonna try to learn. I ain't gonna try to teach 'em nothin'. I'm gonna try to learn.
John Steinbeck quotes: ...people don't take trips - trips take people. ...people don't take trips - trips take people.
John Steinbeck quotes: It's a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it. It's a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
John Steinbeck quotes: The gilded chairs covered with their worn tapestry were set about stiffly like too many servants with nothing to do. The gilded chairs covered with their worn tapestry were set about stiffly like too many servants with nothing to do.
John Steinbeck quotes: They knew it would take a long time for the dust to settle out of the air. They knew it would take a long time for the dust to settle out of the air.
John Steinbeck quotes: When angered she had a terrible eye which could blanch the skin off a bad child as easily as if he were a boiled almond. When angered she had a terrible eye which could blanch the skin off a bad child as easily as if he were a boiled almond.
John Steinbeck quotes: Change was everywhere. People were gone, or changed, and that was almost like being gone. Change was everywhere. People were gone, or changed, and that was almost like being gone.
John Steinbeck quotes: It ain't kin we? It's will we? It ain't kin we? It's will we?
John Steinbeck quotes: Every little boy thinks he invented sin. Every little boy thinks he invented sin.
John Steinbeck quotes: Show me the man who isn't interested in discussing himself. Show me the man who isn't interested in discussing himself.
John Steinbeck quotes: He wanted to say something beautiful, I think. He wanted to say something beautiful, I think.
John Steinbeck quotes: The law was designed to save, not to destroy. The law was designed to save, not to destroy.
John Steinbeck quotes: And when a man's feelings are hurt he wants to strike at something, and Abel was in the way of his anger. And when a man's feelings are hurt he wants to strike at something, and Abel was in the way of his anger.
John Steinbeck quotes: Pre-Cambrian Memory. Pre-Cambrian Memory.
John Steinbeck quotes: Henry liked fun and avoided when he could any solemn or serious matter, for he confused these with sorrow. Henry liked fun and avoided when he could any solemn or serious matter, for he confused these with sorrow.
John Steinbeck quotes: That man who is more then his elements knows the land that is more than its analysis. That man who is more then his elements knows the land that is more than its analysis.
John Steinbeck quotes: I dislike helplessness in other people and in myself, and this is by far my greatest fear of illness. I dislike helplessness in other people and in myself, and this is by far my greatest fear of illness.
John Steinbeck quotes: the dirty romans are forming up for calvery. the dirty romans are forming up for calvery.
John Steinbeck quotes: Anything that just costs money is cheap. Anything that just costs money is cheap.
John Steinbeck quotes: I know it might be better for you to come out from under your might-have-beens, into the winds of the world. I know it might be better for you to come out from under your might-have-beens, into the winds of the world.
John Steinbeck quotes: Life could not change the sun or water the desert, so it changed itself. Life could not change the sun or water the desert, so it changed itself.
John Steinbeck quotes: Again it might have been the American tendency in travel. One goes, not so much to see but to tell afterward. Again it might have been the American tendency in travel. One goes, not so much to see but to tell afterward.
John Steinbeck quotes: No matter how good a man is, there's always some horse can pitch him. No matter how good a man is, there's always some horse can pitch him.
John Steinbeck quotes: I hope we may not be overwhelmed one day by peoples not too proud or too lazy or too soft to bend to the earth and pick up the things I hope we may not be overwhelmed one day by peoples not too proud or too lazy or too soft to bend to the earth and pick up the things we eat. These
John Steinbeck quotes: His father knew every place in the boy where a word would fester. His father knew every place in the boy where a word would fester.
John Steinbeck quotes: [He] fell right into the oldest conviction in the world that the girl you are in love with can't possibly be anything but true and honest. [He] fell right into the oldest conviction in the world
that the girl you are in love with can't possibly be anything but true and honest.
John Steinbeck quotes: And in his dream, Coyotito was reading from a book as large as a house, with letters as big as dogs, and the words galloped and played on the book. And in his dream, Coyotito was reading from a book as large as a house, with letters as big as dogs, and the words galloped and played on the book.
John Steinbeck quotes: There was a wall against learning. A man wanted his children to read, to figure, and that was enough. More might make them dissatisfied and flighty. There was a wall against learning. A man wanted his children to read, to figure, and that was enough. More might make them dissatisfied and flighty.
John Steinbeck quotes: I don't want advice.' 'Nobody does. It's a giver's present. I don't want advice.' 'Nobody does. It's a giver's present.
John Steinbeck quotes: Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish.
John Steinbeck quotes: A man is a very important thing-maybe more important than a star. A man is a very important thing-maybe more important than a star.
John Steinbeck quotes: She liked the idea so well that she felt there must be something bordering on sin involved in it. She liked the idea so well that she felt there must be something bordering on sin involved in it.
John Steinbeck quotes: I guess this personal hide-and-seek is not unusual. And some people are 'it' all their lives - hopelessly 'it. I guess this personal hide-and-seek is not unusual. And some people are 'it' all their lives - hopelessly 'it.
John Steinbeck quotes: You was always too busy pullen' little girls' pigtails when I give you the Holy Sperit. You was always too busy pullen' little girls' pigtails when I give you the Holy Sperit.
John Steinbeck quotes: Laughter comes later, like wisdom teeth, and laughter at yourself comes last of all in a mad race with death, and sometimes it isn't in time." Her Laughter comes later, like wisdom teeth, and laughter at yourself comes last of all in a mad race with death, and sometimes it isn't in time." Her

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