Tag: John Steinbeck
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I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned tool.
John Steinbeck
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Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.
John Steinbeck
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In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
John Steinbeck
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These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think of them much at the time, but there came a day in my life when the ring was fished up out of the well, good as new.
John Steinbeck
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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
John Steinbeck
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
John Steinbeck
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Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
John Steinbeck
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I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.
John Steinbeck
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So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what has just arrived is a tomato salad with onions, a dish of pickles, a big slice of watermelon and two bottles of cream soda.
John Steinbeck
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
John Steinbeck