All John Steinbeck Quotes
- A day, a livelong day, is not one thing but many. It changes not only in growing light toward zenith and decline again, but in… Bird
- I think today if we forbade our illiterate children to touch the wonderful things of our literature, perhaps they might steal them and find secret… Children
- You got a God. Don't make no difference if you don' know what he looks like. Difference
- Our people are good people; our people are kind people. Pray God some day kind people won't all be poor. All
- They's times when how you feel got to be kep' to yourself. Feel
- Says he foun' he jus' got a little piece of a great big soul. Says a wilderness ain't no good, 'cause his little piece of… Big
- She had a dour Presbyterian mind and a code of morals that pinned down and beat the brains out of nearly everything that was pleasant… Beat
- Doc still loved true things but he knew that it was not a general love and it could be a very dangerous mistress. Dangerous
- ...Samuel rode lightly on top of a book and he balanced happily among ideas the way a man rides white rapids in a canoe. But… All
- Once Charley fell in love with a dachshund, a romance racially unsuitable, physically ridiculous, and mechanically impossible. But all these problems Charley ignored. He loved… All
- If we could learn to like ourselves, even a little, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away. Anger
- With knowledge there is no hope,... without hope I would sit motionless, rusting like unused armor. Armor
- We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging… All
- ...men in fear and hunger destroy their stomachs in the fight to secure certain food, where men hungering for love destroy everything lovable about them....… Bifocals
- He said, "I am a man," and that meant certain things to Juana. It meant that he was half insane and half god. Certain
- for how can you remember the feel of pleasure or pain or choking emotion? You can remember only that you had them. Choke
- Do you think it's funny to be so serious when I'm not even out of high school?' she asked. 'I don't see how it could… All
- The clouds appeared and went away, and in a while they did not try anymore. Anymore
- All we got is the family unbroke. All
- Thou mayest rule over sin,’ Lee. That’s it. I do not believe all men are destroyed. I can name you a dozen who were not,… All
- If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck. Fair
- The Hebrew word, the word timshel - 'Thou mayest' - that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That… Always Attacked
- It is astounding to find that the belly of every black and evil thing is as white as snow. And it is saddening to discover… Angel
- She wasn't happy, but then she wasn't unhappy. She wasn't anything. But I don't believe anyone is a nothing. There has to be something inside,… Anyone
- Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do… Battle