“But the loneliness was still on Danny and demanded an outlet. 'Here we sit,' he began at last. ' - broken-hearted,' Pilon… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
We only have one story. All novels, all poetry are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. — 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
“Blaisedell, the poet, had said to him, 'You love beer so much. I'll bet some day you'll go in and order a… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The design of a book is the pattern of a reality controlled and shaped by the mind of the writer. This is… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“We have only one story. All novels, all poetry are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil.” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Tom , the third son, was most like his father. He was born in fury and he lived in lightning.Tom came headlong… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit,… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit,… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Casy said, "It'll be a short one." He bowed his head, and the others followed his lead. Casy said solemnly, "This here… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Pa said, "Won't you say a few words? Ain't none of our folks ever been buried without a few words." Connie led… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
How can the poem and the stink and the grating noise - the quality of light, the tone, the habit and the… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Then there were his education and his reading, the books he bought and borrowed, his knowledge of things that could not be… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Will and George were doing well in business, and Joe was writing letters home in rhymed verse and making as smart an… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Lee said, “Remember, Mr. Hamilton, I told you I was trying to translate some old Chinese poetry into English? No, don’t worry.… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“How can the poem and the stink and the grating noise - the quality of light, the tone, the habit and the… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the neverending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And… — 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