John Steinbeck ✓

(1902–1968) novelist United States

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[Wikidata] American writer (1902–1968)... | [Wikipedia] John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters". One of the most widely read authors o

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• I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger. Happy
• life passes by in a wink so try to never miss a moment of it Inspirational
• I believe there are techniques of the human mind whereby, in its dark deep, problems are examined, rejected or accepted. Such activities sometimes concern facets… Accepted
• Any man of reasonable intelligence can make money if that's what he wants. Mostly it's women or clothes or admiration he really wants and they… Admiration
• Are cats strange animals or do they so resemble us that we find them curious as we do monkeys? Animal
• A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has… Accept
• Let's say that when I was a little baby, and all my bones soft and malleable, I was put in a small Episcopal cruciform box… All
• Good God, what a mess of draggle-tail impulses a man is--and a woman too, I guess. God
• For the most part people are not curious except about themselves. Curious
• Like most modern people, I don't believe in prophecy or magic and then spend half my time practicing it. Believe
• Hard-covered books break up friendships. You loan a hard covered book to a friend and when he doesn’t return it you get mad at him.… Book
• I should have known […] I am the rain. […] I am the land […] and I am the rain. The grass will grow out… Grass
• [Man] is the only animal who lives outside of himself, whose drive is in external things—property, houses, money, concepts of power. He lives in his… Animal
• Look now -- in all of history men have been taught that killing of men is an evil thing not to be countenanced. Any man… All
• As with many people, Charles, who could not talk, wrote with fullness. He set down his loneliness and his perplexities, and he put on paper… Charles
• No one who is young is ever going to be old. Ever Going
• There are some times...when the love for people is strong and warm like a sorrow. Inspirational
• The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. Exploring
• If he needs a million acres to make him feel rich, seems to me he needs it 'cause he feels awful poor inside hisself, and… Acres
• The land is so much more than its analysis. Analysis
• Thoughts are slow and deep and golden in the morning. Deep
• What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. Cold
• It is better to sit in appreciative contemplation of a world in which beauty is eternally supported on a foundation of ugliness: cut out the… Appreciative
• I guess there are never enough books. Book
• Perhaps the less we have, the more we are required to brag. Boast

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