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Books Quotes by John Steinbeck
- Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don't talk back.
- A book is somehow sacred. A dictator can kill and maim people, can sink to any kind of tyranny and only be hated, but when…
- The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.
- 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.…
- I guess there are never enough books.
- I have lost all sense of home, having moved about so much. It means to me now--only that place where the books are kept.
- He was born in fury and he lived in lightning. Tom came headlong into life. He was a giant in joy and enthusiasms. He didn't…
- Just like heaven. Ever’body wants a little piece of lan’. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets…
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