“There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit—for gallantry in defeat, for… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“It always seemed strange to me that the things we admire in men: kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“It would be a mistake to name them for qualities we think they have,” Samuel said. “We might be wrong—so wrong. Maybe… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“The ancient commission of the writer has not changed. He is charged with exposing our many grievous faults and failures, with dredging… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Failure is a state of mind. It's like one of those sand traps an ant lion digs. You keep sliding back. Takes… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Men don't get knocked out, or I mean they can fight back against big things. What kills them is erosion; they get… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Men who have created new fruits in the world cannot create a system whereby their fruits may be eaten. And the failure… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“...and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Beyond my failings as a racist, I knew I was not wanted in the South. When people are engaged in something they… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“chuckling—the sound he made when any force in the world defeated him. He had an idea that even when beaten he could… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomiants of failure in our system.… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit—for gallantry in defeat, for… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Trips to fairly unknown regions should be made twice; once to make mistakes and once to correct them. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“They said I looked like a foreign devil; they said I spoke like a foreign devil. I made mistakes in manners, and… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The ancient commission of the writer has not changed. He is charged with exposing our many grievous faults and failures, with dredging… — 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
