--- title: "13 Gone Quotes By John Steinbeck" description: "13 Gone quotes by John Steinbeck. Plus more from John Steinbeck and more Gone sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/john-steinbeck-71_bites_positano-bites-deep-it-is-a-dream-place_2543201.jpg" --- > [Positano bites deep. It is a dream place that isn’t quite real when you are there and becomes beckoningly real after you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/positano-bites-deep-it-is-a-dream-place-that-isn-t-quite-real-when/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/john-steinbeck-71_bites_positano-bites-deep-it-is-a-dream-place_2543201.jpg) > [When you know a friend is there you do not go to see him. Then he's gone and you blast your conscience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/when-you-know-a-friend-is-there-you-do-not-go-to-see-him-then-he-s/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/113/john-steinbeck-71_blast_when-you-know-a-friend-is-there-you-do-n_2658668.jpg) > [The people say that the two seemed to be removed from human experience; that they had gone through pain and had come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/the-people-say-that-the-two-seemed-to-be-removed-from-human/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ce/john-steinbeck-71_gone_the-people-say-that-the-two-seemed-to-be_692724.jpg) > [Change was everywhere. People were gone, or changed, and that was almost like being gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/change-was-everywhere-people-were-gone-or-changed-and-that-was-almost/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99b/john-steinbeck-71_change_change-was-everywhere-people-were-gone-o_130358.jpg) > [When a condition or a problem becomes too great, humans have the protection of not thinking about it. But it goes inward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/when-a-condition-or-a-problem-becomes-too-great-humans-have-the/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/john-steinbeck-71_compulsion_when-a-condition-or-a-problem-becomes-to_207906.jpg) > [A large drop of sun lingered on the horizon and then dripped over and was gone, and the sky was brilliant over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/a-large-drop-of-sun-lingered-on-the-horizon-and-then-dripped-over-and/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe1/john-steinbeck-71_bloody_a-large-drop-of-sun-lingered-on-the-hori_1021068.jpg) > [Why do men like me want sons? he wondered. It must be because they hope in their poor beaten souls that these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/why-do-men-like-me-want-sons-he-wondered-it-must-be-because-they-hope/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59c/john-steinbeck-71_another-chance_why-do-men-like-me-want-sons-he-wondered_1573995.jpg) > [For the world was changing, and sweetness was gone, and virtue too. Worry had crept on a corroding world, and what was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/for-the-world-was-changing-and-sweetness-was-gone-and-virtue-too/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fb/john-steinbeck-71_beauty_for-the-world-was-changing-and-sweetness_3152710.jpg) > [Fella says today, 'Depression is over. I seen a jackrabbit, an' they wasn't nobody after him.' An' another fella says, 'That aint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/fella-says-today-depression-is-over-i-seen-a-jackrabbit-an-they-wasn/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/john-steinbeck-71_depression_fella-says-today-depression-is-over-i-se_2079027.jpg) > [There used to be a thing or a commodity we put great store by. It was called the People. Find out where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/there-used-to-be-a-thing-or-a-commodity-we-put-great-store-by-it-was/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa8/john-steinbeck-71_car_there-used-to-be-a-thing-or-a-commodity_2813995.jpg) > [Why, Tom - us people will go on livin' when all them people is gone. Why, Tom, we're the people that live.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/why-tom-us-people-will-go-on-livin-when-all-them-people-is-gone-why/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/john-steinbeck-71_come-up_why-tom-us-people-will-go-on-livin-when_1808868.jpg) > [When a child first catches adults out -- when it first walks into his grave little head that adults do not always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/when-a-child-first-catches-adults-out-when-it-first-walks-into-his/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/john-steinbeck-71_adults_when-a-child-first-catches-adults-out-wh_188165.jpg) > [We may be thankful that frightened civil authorities ... have not managed to eradicate from the country the tradition of the possession…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/we-may-be-thankful-that-frightened-civil-authorities-have-not-managed/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfc/john-steinbeck-71_amendment_we-may-be-thankful-that-frightened-civil_2369810.jpg) ## Other authors on Gone ## More by John Steinbeck > [ Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three \[great teachers\] did not… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/teaching-might-even-be-the-greatest-of-the-arts-since-the-medium-is/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [Prayer never brought in no side-meat. Takes a shoat to bring in pork.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/prayer-never-brought-in-no-side-meat-takes-a-shoat-to-bring-in-pork/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [“And now submarines are armed with mass murder, our silly, only way of deterring mass murder.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/and-now-submarines-are-armed-with-mass-murder-our-silly-only-way-of/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-d-think-there-are-degrees-of-greatness-adam-said-i-don-t-think-so/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [“He was forever inventing a new way of doing an old thing and doing it better and quicker, but he never in his whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/he-was-forever-inventing-a-new-way-of-doing-an-old-thing-and-doing-it/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [“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.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/you-come-back-a-changed-man-samuel-you-don-t-change-him-he-changes/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-find-out-of-long-experience-that-i-admire-all-nations-and-hate-all/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/at-about-10-o-clock-in-the-morning-the-sun-threw-a-bright-dust-laden/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-have-noticed-that-there-is-no-dissatisfaction-like-that-of-the-rich/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [“Who in his mind has not probe the dark water?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/who-in-his-mind-has-not-probe-the-dark-water/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/sometimes-a-lie-is-told-in-kindness-i-don-t-believe-it-ever-works/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [People like you to be something, preferably what they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/people-like-you-to-be-something-preferably-what-they-are/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [“Suddenly he knew joy and sorrow felted into one fabric. Courage and fear were one thing too. He found that he had started to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/suddenly-he-knew-joy-and-sorrow-felted-into-one-fabric-courage-and/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [I am writing this from what we Americans call Yurrp. In Yurrp writers are taken as seriously as Lana Turner's legs are in America…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-am-writing-this-from-what-we-americans-call-yurrp-in-yurrp-writers/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [I write because I like to write. I find joy in the texture and tone and rhythm of words. It is a satisfaction like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-write-because-i-like-to-write-i-find-joy-in-the-texture-and-tone/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gone/john-steinbeck/#itemlist", "name": "13 Gone Quotes By John Steinbeck", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Positano bites deep. 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