“Cathy did not forget her lies, and she developed the most effective method of lying. She stayed close enough to the truth… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Cathy's lies were never innocent. Their purpose was to escape punishment, or work, or responsibility, and they were used for profit. Most… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
I had been practicing for the Depression a long time. I wasn't involved with loss. I didn't have money to lose, but… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“The dark swallowed him, but his dragging footsteps could be heard a long time after he had gone, footsteps along the road;… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Ah!' said Lee. 'I’ve wanted to tell you this for a long time. I even anticipated your questions and I am well… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“They was a brave on a ridge, against the sun. Knowed he stood out. Spread his arms an' stood. Naked as morning,… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Once Ed said to me, "For a very long time I didn't like myself." It was not said in self-pity but simply… — 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
