Littles Quotes by John Steinbeck

A little hope, even hopeless hope, never hurt anybody.

— John Steinbeck

... every little boy thinks he invented sin.

— John Steinbeck

Well, every little boy thinks he invented sin. Virtue we think we learn, because we are told about it. But sin is…

— John Steinbeck

Kino heard the little splash of morning waves on the beach. It was very good -- Kino closed his eyes again to…

— John Steinbeck

I should have known […] I am the rain. […] I am the land […] and I am the rain. The grass…

— John Steinbeck

You stay out here a little while, an' if you smell any roses, you come let me smell, too.

— John Steinbeck

There is one sure thing about the fall of gods: they do not fall a little; they crash and shatter.

— John Steinbeck

And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.

— John Steinbeck

The lies we tell about our duty and our purposes, the meaningless words of science and philosophy, are walls that topple before…

— John Steinbeck

If we could learn to like ourselves, even a little, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away.

— John Steinbeck

Just like heaven. Ever’body wants a little piece of lan’. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven,…

— John Steinbeck

The ways of sin are curious . . . I guess if a man had to shuck off everything he had, inside…

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To finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But…

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We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention…

— John Steinbeck

A man with a beard was always a little suspect anyway. You couldn't say you wore a beard because you liked a…

— John Steinbeck

A water snake glided smoothly up the pool, twisting its periscope head from side to side; and it swam the length of…

— John Steinbeck

Liza poured thick batter from a pitcher onto a soapstone griddle. The hot cakes rose like little hassocks, and small volcanoes formed…

— John Steinbeck

I have no choice of living or dying, you see, sir--but I do have a choice of how I do it. If…

— John Steinbeck

I think bullfights are for men who aren't very brave and wish they were. If you saw one you'll know what I…

— John Steinbeck

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy…

— John Steinbeck

Life cannot be cut off quickly. One cannot be dead until the things he changed are dead. His effect is the only…

— John Steinbeck

The design of a book is the pattern of a reality controlled and shaped by the mind of the writer. This is…

— John Steinbeck

It is not enough to say that we cannot know or judge because all the information is not in. The process of…

— John Steinbeck

What good men most biologists are, the tenors of the scientific world - temperamental, moody, lecherous, loud-laughing, and healthy. Your true biologist…

— John Steinbeck

When a child first catches adults out -- when it first walks into his grave little head that adults do not always…

— John Steinbeck

I am a little man and this is a little town, but there must be a spark in little men that can…

— John Steinbeck

If we could learn even a little to like ourselves, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away.

— John Steinbeck

He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.

— John Steinbeck

Lennie said quietly, "It ain't no lie. We're gonna do it. Gonna get a little place an' live on the fatta the…

— John Steinbeck

I know a little bit about a great many things and not enough about any one to make a living in these…

— John Steinbeck

Evening of a hot day started the little wind to moving among the leaves. The shade climbed up the hills toward the…

— John Steinbeck

Says he foun' he jus' got a little piece of a great big soul. Says a wilderness ain't no good, 'cause his…

— John Steinbeck

But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cover his shyness with nonchalance,…

— John Steinbeck

Let's say that when I was a little baby, and all my bones soft and malleable, I was put in a small…

— John Steinbeck

He was born in Bercy on the outskirts of Paris and trained in France, and while he knows a little Poodle-English, he…

— John Steinbeck