I saw in their eyes something I was to see over and over in every part of the nation- a burning desire… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
My wife, my Mary, goes to her sleep the way you would close the door of a closet. So many times I… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
A man may have lived all of his life in the gray, and the land and trees of him dark and somber.… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
She wasn't happy, but then she wasn't unhappy. She wasn't anything. But I don't believe anyone is a nothing. There has to… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Kino heard the little splash of morning waves on the beach. It was very good -- Kino closed his eyes again to… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
So much there is to see, but our morning eyes describe a different world than do our afternoon eyes, and surely our… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The sound of a jet, an engine warming up, even the clopping of shod hooves on pavement brings on the ancient shudder,… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
They successfully combined piracy and puritanism, which aren't so unlike when you come right down to it. Both had a strong dislike… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three [great teachers] did not… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Prayer never brought in no side-meat. Takes a shoat to bring in pork. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“And now submarines are armed with mass murder, our silly, only way of deterring mass murder.” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“I’d think there are degrees of greatness,” Adam said. “I don’t think so,” said Samuel. “That would be like saying there is a little… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“He was forever inventing a new way of doing an old thing and doing it better and quicker, but he never in his whole… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“You come back a changed man. Samuel, you don’t change him. He changes you. I can see the look of him in your face.”… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
At about 10 o'clock in the morning the sun threw a bright dust-laden bar through one of the side windows and in and out… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house,… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
