--- title: "11 Strange Quotes By John Steinbeck" description: "11 Strange quotes by John Steinbeck. Plus more from John Steinbeck and more Strange sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/760/john-steinbeck-71_animal_are-cats-strange-animals-or-do-they-so-r_467908.jpg" --- > [Are cats strange animals or do they so resemble us that we find them curious as we do monkeys?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/are-cats-strange-animals-or-do-they-so-resemble-us-that-we-find-them/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/760/john-steinbeck-71_animal_are-cats-strange-animals-or-do-they-so-r_467908.jpg) > [The people in flight from the terror behind-strange things happen to them, some bitterly cruel and some so beautiful that the faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/the-people-in-flight-from-the-terror-behind-strange-things-happen-to/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ef/john-steinbeck-71_beautiful_the-people-in-flight-from-the-terror-beh_1342702.jpg) > [“A strange species we are. We can stand anything God and nature can throw at us save only plenty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/a-strange-species-we-are-we-can-stand-anything-god-and-nature-can-2/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c3/john-steinbeck-71_god-and-nature_a-strange-species-we-are-we-can-stand-an_2672767.jpg) > [A strange species we are, We can stand anything God and nature can throw at us save only plenty. If I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/a-strange-species-we-are-we-can-stand-anything-god-and-nature-can-3/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07b/john-steinbeck-71_giving_a-strange-species-we-are-we-can-stand-an_3228032.jpg) > [It is strange how a man believes he can think better in a special place. I have such a place, have always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/it-is-strange-how-a-man-believes-he-can-think-better-in-a-special/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/john-steinbeck-71_believe_it-is-strange-how-a-man-believes-he-can_2230354.jpg) > [Strange how one person can saturate a room with vitality, with excitement. Then there are others, and this dame was one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/strange-how-one-person-can-saturate-a-room-with-vitality-with/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15b/john-steinbeck-71_air_strange-how-one-person-can-saturate-a-ro_1320844.jpg) > [You've seen the sun flatten and take strange shapes just before it sinks in the ocean. Do you have to tell yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/you-ve-seen-the-sun-flatten-and-take-strange-shapes-just-before-it/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ac/john-steinbeck-71_beauty_you-ve-seen-the-sun-flatten-and-take-str_1022726.jpg) > [Let's say that when I was a little baby, and all my bones soft and malleable, I was put in a small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/let-s-say-that-when-i-was-a-little-baby-and-all-my-bones-soft-and/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/john-steinbeck-71_baby_let-s-say-that-when-i-was-a-little-baby_636209.jpg) > [I suffer as always from the fear of putting down the first line. It is amazing the terrors, the magics, the prayers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-suffer-as-always-from-the-fear-of-putting-down-the-first-line-it-is/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce2/john-steinbeck-71_business_i-suffer-as-always-from-the-fear-of-putt_1298484.jpg) > [The cars of the migrant people crawled out of the side roads onto the great cross-country highway, and they took the migrant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/the-cars-of-the-migrant-people-crawled-out-of-the-side-roads-onto-the/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/john-steinbeck-71_car_the-cars-of-the-migrant-people-crawled-o_99493.jpg) > [Time interval is a strange and contradictory matter in the mind. It would be reasonable to suppose that a routine time or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/time-interval-is-a-strange-and-contradictory-matter-in-the-mind-it/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/776/john-steinbeck-71_contradictory_time-interval-is-a-strange-and-contradic_2581933.jpg) ## Other authors on Strange ## More by John Steinbeck > [ Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three \[great teachers\] did not… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/teaching-might-even-be-the-greatest-of-the-arts-since-the-medium-is/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [Prayer never brought in no side-meat. Takes a shoat to bring in pork.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/prayer-never-brought-in-no-side-meat-takes-a-shoat-to-bring-in-pork/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [“And now submarines are armed with mass murder, our silly, only way of deterring mass murder.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/and-now-submarines-are-armed-with-mass-murder-our-silly-only-way-of/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-d-think-there-are-degrees-of-greatness-adam-said-i-don-t-think-so/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [“He was forever inventing a new way of doing an old thing and doing it better and quicker, but he never in his whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/he-was-forever-inventing-a-new-way-of-doing-an-old-thing-and-doing-it/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [“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.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/you-come-back-a-changed-man-samuel-you-don-t-change-him-he-changes/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-find-out-of-long-experience-that-i-admire-all-nations-and-hate-all/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/at-about-10-o-clock-in-the-morning-the-sun-threw-a-bright-dust-laden/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-have-noticed-that-there-is-no-dissatisfaction-like-that-of-the-rich/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [“Who in his mind has not probe the dark water?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/who-in-his-mind-has-not-probe-the-dark-water/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/sometimes-a-lie-is-told-in-kindness-i-don-t-believe-it-ever-works/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [People like you to be something, preferably what they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/people-like-you-to-be-something-preferably-what-they-are/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [“Suddenly he knew joy and sorrow felted into one fabric. Courage and fear were one thing too. He found that he had started to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/suddenly-he-knew-joy-and-sorrow-felted-into-one-fabric-courage-and/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [I am writing this from what we Americans call Yurrp. In Yurrp writers are taken as seriously as Lana Turner's legs are in America…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-am-writing-this-from-what-we-americans-call-yurrp-in-yurrp-writers/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [I write because I like to write. I find joy in the texture and tone and rhythm of words. It is a satisfaction like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-write-because-i-like-to-write-i-find-joy-in-the-texture-and-tone/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strange/john-steinbeck/#itemlist", "name": "11 Strange Quotes By John Steinbeck", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Are cats strange animals or do they so resemble us that we find them curious as we do monkeys?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Steinbeck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/are-cats-strange-animals-or-do-they-so-resemble-us-that-we-find-them/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/760/john-steinbeck-71_animal_are-cats-strange-animals-or-do-they-so-r_467908.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/760/john-steinbeck-71_animal_are-cats-strange-animals-or-do-they-so-r_467908.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/760/john-steinbeck-71_animal_are-cats-strange-animals-or-do-they-so-r_467908.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Are cats strange animals or do they so resemble us that we find them curious as we do monkeys?” — John Steinbeck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The people in flight from the terror behind-strange things happen to them, some bitterly cruel and some so beautiful that the faith is refired forever.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Steinbeck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/the-people-in-flight-from-the-terror-behind-strange-things-happen-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ef/john-steinbeck-71_beautiful_the-people-in-flight-from-the-terror-beh_1342702.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ef/john-steinbeck-71_beautiful_the-people-in-flight-from-the-terror-beh_1342702.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ef/john-steinbeck-71_beautiful_the-people-in-flight-from-the-terror-beh_1342702.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The people in flight from the terror behind-strange things happen to them, some bitterly cruel and some so…” — John Steinbeck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A strange species we are. 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It would be reasonable to suppose that a routine time or an eventless time would seem interminable. It should be so, but it is not. It is the dull eventless times that have no duration whatever. A time splashed with interest, wounded with tragedy, crevassed with joy - that's the time that seems long in the memory. And this is right when you think about it. Eventlessness has no posts to drape duration on. 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