Loneliness Quotes by John Steinbeck

Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.

— John Steinbeck

“There seemed to be no cure for loneliness save only being alone.”

— John Steinbeck

All great and precious things are lonely.

— John Steinbeck

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

— John Steinbeck

“He stopped, feeling lonely in his long speech.”

— John Steinbeck

“He did not often think of people as individuals, but rather as antidotes for the poison of his loneliness, as escapes from…

— John Steinbeck

“In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable... The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most…

— John Steinbeck

A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn't telling or teaching or ordering.…

— John Steinbeck

“The one-eyed man watched them go, and then he went through the iron shed to his shack behind. It was dark inside.…

— John Steinbeck

“A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn't telling, or teaching, or ordering.…

— John Steinbeck

“I ain't got no people. I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone. That ain't no good. They don't…

— John Steinbeck

“And always, if he had a little money, a man could get drunk. The hard edges gone, and the warmth. Then there…

— John Steinbeck

As with many people, Charles, who could not talk, wrote with fullness. He set down his loneliness and his perplexities, and he…

— John Steinbeck

“This is just a nigger talkin', an' a busted-back nigger. So it don't mean nothing, see? You couldn't remember it anyways. I…

— John Steinbeck

We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell…

— John Steinbeck

“A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn't telling, or teaching, or ordering.…

— John Steinbeck