--- title: "8 Grapes Of Wrath Quotes By John Steinbeck" description: "8 Grapes Of Wrath quotes by John Steinbeck. Plus more from John Steinbeck and more Grapes Of Wrath sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/john-steinbeck-71_nature_there-is-a-crime-here-that-goes-beyond-d_573330.jpg" --- > [“​There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/there-is-a-crime-here-that-goes-beyond-denunciation-there-is-a-sorrow-2/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/john-steinbeck-71_nature_there-is-a-crime-here-that-goes-beyond-d_573330.jpg) > [“The works of the roots of the vines, of the trees, must be destroyed to keep up the price, and this is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/the-works-of-the-roots-of-the-vines-of-the-trees-must-be-destroyed-to/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/john-steinbeck-71_ripe-fruit_the-works-of-the-roots-of-the-vines-of-t_1357762.jpg) > [In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/in-the-souls-of-the-people-the-grapes-of-wrath-are-filling-and/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47b/john-steinbeck-71_grapes_in-the-souls-of-the-people-the-grapes-of_1517215.jpg) > [I wrote The Grapes of Wrath in one hundred days, but many years of preparation preceded it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-wrote-the-grapes-of-wrath-in-one-hundred-days-but-many-years-of/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f0/john-steinbeck-71_grapes_i-wrote-the-grapes-of-wrath-in-one-hundr_1629108.jpg) > [“Men who have created new fruits in the world cannot create a system whereby their fruits may be eaten. And the failure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/men-who-have-created-new-fruits-in-the-world-cannot-create-a-system-2/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf2/john-steinbeck-71_failure_men-who-have-created-new-fruits-in-the-w_1922853.jpg) > [“...and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/and-in-the-eyes-of-the-people-there-is-the-failure-and-in-the-eyes-of/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d8/john-steinbeck-71_failure_and-in-the-eyes-of-the-people-there-is-t_2070395.jpg) > [“...and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/and-in-the-eyes-of-the-hungry-there-is-a-growing-wrath-in-the-souls/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5f/john-steinbeck-71_grapes-of-wrath_and-in-the-eyes-of-the-hungry-there-is-a_2546505.jpg) > [“In the souls of the people The Grapes of Wrath are Filling and Growing Heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." Happy 112th…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/in-the-souls-of-the-people-the-grapes-of-wrath-are-filling-and-2/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e66/john-steinbeck-71_steinbeck_in-the-souls-of-the-people-the-grapes-of_2679552.jpg) ## 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/grapes-of-wrath/john-steinbeck/#itemlist", "name": "8 Grapes Of Wrath Quotes By John Steinbeck", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“​There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. 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