This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of a human need for it, and it has not changed except to… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
When I was very young and the urge to be someplace was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
It seems to me Montana is a great splash of grandeur. The scale is huge but not overpowering. The land is rich… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I guess this is why I hate governments, all governments. It is always the rule, the fine print, carried out by fine-print… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I can understand why a system built on a pattern must try to destroy the free mind, for that is one thing… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
This monster of a land, this mightiest of nations, this spawn of the future, turns out to be the macrocosm of microcosm… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
This I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The techniques of opening conversation are universal. I knew long ago and rediscovered that the best way to attract attention, help, and… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“I printed it once more on my eyes, south, west, and north, and then we hurried away from the permanent and changeless… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
When the virus of restlessness begins to take possession of a wayward man, and the road away from Here seems broad and… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The sound of a jet, an engine warming up, even the clopping of shod hooves on pavement brings on the ancient shudder,… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
