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John Steinbeck Quotes - Page 20

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We have to make a mark, even if it's only a scribble.

We have to make a mark, even if it's only a scribble.

Challenges, Scribbles, Mark

The story [Henny-Penny] has the best opening in all literature-"The sky is falling," cried Henny-Penny, "and a piece of it fell on my tail.

Fall, Sky, Tails

The dairy man had a Ph.D. in mathematics, and he must have had some training in philosophy. He liked what he was doing and he didn't want to be somewhere else - one of the few contented people I met in my whole journey.

Philosophy, Learning, Science

John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.19, Penguin

Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.

Work, Men, Wrath

Grapes of Wrath (1939) ch. 14

A stilted heron labored up into the air and pounded down the river.

Air, Rivers, Herons

John Steinbeck (2016). “Of Mice and Men”, p.2, Hamilton Books

Then it is better, sir, to love whom one cannot have?" "Probably better," Lancelot said. "Certainly safer.

Said, Lancelot

John Steinbeck (2008). “The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.178, Penguin

I remember as a child reading or hearing the words 'The Great Divide' and being stunned by the glorious sound, a proper sound for the granite backbone of a continent. I saw in my mind escarpments rising into the clouds, a kind of natural Great Wall of China.

Children, Wall, Reading

John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.93, Penguin

Wherever you can look - wherever there's a fight, so hungry people can eat, I'll be there.

Fighting, People, Looks

"Fictional character: Tom Joad". "The Grapes of Wrath", www.imdb.com. 1940.

Trouble with mice is you always kill 'em.

Ems, Trouble, Mice

John Steinbeck (2010). “Of Mice and Men and The Moon Is Down”, p.21, Penguin

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass. Change may be announced by a small ache, so that you think you're catching cold. Or you may feel a faint disgust for something you loved yesterday. It may even take the form of a hunger that peanuts won't satisfy. Isn't overeating said to be one of the strongest symptoms of discontent. And isn't discontent the lever of change?

Men, Thinking, Yesterday

John Steinbeck (2007). “Travels with Charley and Later Novels, 1947-1962”

War ... a reversal of the rules where a man is permitted to kill all the humans he can.

War, Men, Humans

John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.456, Penguin

Time is more complex near the sea than in any other place, for in addition to the circling of the sun and the turning of the seasons, the waves beat out the passage of time on the rocks and the tides rise and fall as a great clepsydra.

Fall, Rocks, Sea

John Steinbeck (1997). “Tortilla Flat”, p.107, Penguin

I think I love you, Cal." -Abra I'm not good." -Cal Because you're not good." -Abra

Love You, Thinking, Abra

I'll be all around in the dark - I'll be everywhere.

Dark

"Fictional character: Tom Joad". "The Grapes of Wrath ", www.imdb.com. 1940.

It is a nice thing to be working and believing in my work again. I hope I can keep the drive. I only feel whole and well when it is this way.

Nice, Believe, Way

John Steinbeck (2006). “The Grapes of Wrath”, p.34, Penguin

One can't be happy as I have been for very long. There's a law against it. I have worked hard and enjoyed my work and it is the punishment of man to hate his work. Sooner or later I will have work that I hate.

Hate, Work, Men

I have no interest in the printed word. I would continue to write if there were no writing and no print. I put my words down for a matter of memory. They are more made to be spoken than to be read.

Memories, Writing, Printed Word

When you're a child you're the center of everything. Everything happens for you. Other people? They're only ghosts furnished for you to talk to.

Children, People, Ghost

John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.506, Penguin

But 'Thou mayest!'! Why, that makes a man great, that gives him stature with the gods, for in his weakness and his filth and his murder of his brother he has still the great choice. He can choose his course and fight it through and win

Brother, Fighting, Winning

John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.265, Penguin

For many years we have suckled on fear and fear alone, and there is no good product of fear.

Years, Products

John Steinbeck (2007). “Once There Was a War”, p.9, Penguin

I have the instincts of a minstrel rather than those of a scrivener. There you have it. We are not of the same trade at all and so how can your rules fit me?

Fit, Instinct, Minstrels

Why don't you go on west to California? There's work there, and it never gets cold. Why, you can reach out anywhere and pick an orange. Why, there's always some kind of crop to work in. Why don't you go there?

California, Orange, Goes On

John Steinbeck (2016). “The Grapes of Wrath”, p.27, Hamilton Books

It must be a hard thing to kill a man you don't know and don't hate.

Hate, War, Men

John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.126, Penguin

The ways of sin are curious . . . I guess if a man had to shuck off everything he had, inside and out, he'd manage to hide a few little sins somewhere for his own discomfort. They're the last things we'll give up.

Giving Up, Men, Littles

John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.146, Penguin

For the first time I am working on a book that is not limited and that will take every bit of experience and thought and feeling that I have.

Book, Feelings, Firsts

John Steinbeck (1990). “Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath”, p.26, Penguin

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