“He was forever inventing a new way of doing an old thing and doing it better and quicker, but he never in… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I have wondered why is it that some people are less affected and torn by the verities of life and death that… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
A kind of second childhood falls on so many men. They trade their violence for the promise of a small increase of… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“She planted that terror of debt so deeply in her children that even now, in a changed economic pattern where indebtedness is… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“I can’t tell you how to live your life,” Samuel said, “although I do be telling you how to live it. I… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
A wife is like a children's movie; always under-appreciated and without either, life would be incomplete. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
After the bare requisites to living and reproducing, man wants most to leave some record of himself, a proof, perhaps, that he… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“A dying organism is often observed to be capable of extraordinary endurance and strength. ... When any living organism is attacked, its… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Life could not change the sun or water the desert, so it changed itself. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Now discontent nibbled at him - not painfully, but constantly. Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Humans are caught -- in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
You are not a man anymore. You are a soldier. Your comfort is of no importance and your life isn't of much… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“After the bare requisites to living and reproducing, man wants most to leave some record of himself, a proof, perhaps, that he… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“A kind of second childhood falls on so many men. They trade their violence for the promise of a small increase of… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
We have usurped many of the powers we once ascribed to God. Fearful and unprepared, we have assumed lordship over the life… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Woman can change better'n a man," Ma said soothingly. "Woman got all her life in her arms. Man got it all in… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“In all the mad incongruity, the turgid stultiloquy of life, I felt, at least, securely anchored to myself. Whatever the vacillations of… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved.… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen. It's scary to think about. Point of reference… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the… — 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
