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John Steinbeck Quotes - Page 21

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Death was a friend, and sleep was Death's brother.

Death was a friend, and sleep was Death's brother.

Brother, Sleep, Death And Dying

John Steinbeck (2016). “The Grapes of Wrath”, p.263, Hamilton Books

I do not find illness an eminence, and I do not understand how people can use it to draw attention to themselves since the attention they draw is nearly always reluctantly given and unpleasantly carried out.

People, Attention, Use

He had said, "I am a man," and that meant certain things to Juana. It meant that he was half insane and half god. It meant that Kino would drive his strength against a mountain and plunge his strength against the sea. Juana, in her woman's soul, knew that the mountain would stand while the man broke himself; that the sea would surge while the man drowned in it. And yet it was this thing that made him a man, half insane and half god, and Juana had need of a man; she could not live without a man.

Men, Sea, Soul

John Steinbeck (1993). “The Pearl”, p.61, Penguin

There is no term comparable to green thumbs to apply to such a mechanic, but there should be. For there are men who can look, listen, tap, make an adjustment, and a machine works.

Men, Looks, Machines

John Steinbeck (1993). “Cannery Row”, p.35, Penguin

Don't you dare take the lazy way. It's too easy to excuse yourself because of your ancestry. Don't let me catch you doing it! Now -- look close at me so you will remember. Whatever you do, it will be you who do.

Lazy, Looks, Way

John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.392, Penguin

A woman holds dreadful power over a man who is in love with her but she should realize that the quality and force of his love is the index of his potential contempt and hatred.

Love, Men, Hatred

I have starved and it isn't nearly as bad as is generally supposed. Four days and a half was my longest stretch. Maybe there are pains that come later. Personally I think terror is the painful part of starvation.

Pain, Thinking, Half

A funeral isn't for the dead. You'll simply be a stage set for a kind of festival maybe. And besides, you won't even be there.

Funeral, Festivals, Kind

He never forgot anything but he never bothered to arrange his memories. -Hazel, Cannery Row

Memories, Bothered

A wife is like a children's movie; always under-appreciated and without either, life would be incomplete.

Thank You, Children, Wife

A man with a beard was always a little suspect anyway. You couldn't say you wore a beard because you liked a beard. People didn't like you for telling the truth. You had to say you had a scar so you couldn't shave.

Men, People, Littles

John Steinbeck (1993). “Cannery Row”, p.66, Penguin

Fella in business got to lie an' cheat, but he calls it somepin else. That's what's important. You go steal that tire an' you're a thief, but he tried to steal your four dollars for a busted tire. They call that sound business.

Business, Lying, Important

John Steinbeck (2016). “The Grapes of Wrath”, p.95, Hamilton Books

'He's got a can up there,' Richard said.

Reflection, Said

John Steinbeck (2009). “The Short Novels of John Steinbeck: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.413, Penguin

He drank too much when he could get it, ate too much when it was there, talked too much all the time.

Too Much, Drank

John Steinbeck (2016). “The Grapes of Wrath”, p.61, Hamilton Books

There is one sure thing about the fall of gods: they do not fall a little; they crash and shatter.

Fall, Eden, Littles

John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.21, Penguin

If I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble.

Jobs, Men, Trouble

John Steinbeck (1950). “Of Mice and Men”, p.12, Dramatists Play Service Inc

Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world

Guy, World, Lennie

John Steinbeck (2009). “The Short Novels of John Steinbeck: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.209, Penguin

For it is my opinion that we enclose and celebrate the freaks of our nation and our civilization. Yellowstone National Park is no more representative of America than is Disneyland.

Yellowstone, Civilization, America

John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.91, Penguin

I can still tend the rabbits, George? I didn't mean no harm, George.

Mean, Rabbits, Harm

Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is.

Guy, Trouble, Interest

John Steinbeck (2016). “Of Mice and Men”, p.11, Hamilton Books

You never oughta drink water when it ain't runnin'.

Water, Drink, Drink Water

John Steinbeck (1994). “Of Mice and Men”, p.20, Penguin

So many old and lovely things are stored in the world's attic because we don't want them around us and we don't dare throw them out.

Lovely, World, Want

John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.85, Penguin

The first grave. Now we're getting someplace. Houses and children and graves, that's home, Tom. Those are the things that hold a man down.

Children, Home, Men

John Steinbeck (1995). “To a God Unknown”, p.70, Penguin

He never fell, never slipped back, never flew.

Flew

John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.241, Penguin

I am a little man and this is a little town, but there must be a spark in little men that can burst into flame.

Men, Flames, Littles

John Steinbeck (2009). “The Short Novels of John Steinbeck: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.341, Penguin

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