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And her joy was nearly like sorrow.

And her joy was nearly like sorrow.

John Steinbeck
Joy, Sorrow
John Steinbeck (2016). “The Grapes of Wrath”, p.59, Hamilton Books

Riches seem to come to the poor in spirit, the poor in interest and joy. To put it straight - the very rich are a poor bunch of bastards

John Steinbeck
Joy, Riches, Spirit
John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.510, Penguin

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 joy.

John Steinbeck
Children, Thinking, Joy
John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.25, Penguin

I write because I like to write. I find joy in the texture and tone and rhythm of words. It is a satisfaction like that which follows good and shared love.

John Steinbeck
Writing, Joy, Texture
John Steinbeck, Thomas Fensch (1988). “Conversations with John Steinbeck”, p.95, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Strange how one person can saturate a room with vitality, with excitement. Then there are others, and this dame was one of them, who can drain off energy and joy, can suck pleasure dry and get no sustenance from it. Such people spread a grayness in the air about them.

John Steinbeck
Air, People, Joy
John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.30, Penguin

The sad ones are those who waste their energy in trying to hold it back, for they can only feel bitterness in loss and no joy in gain.

John Steinbeck
Loss, Joy, Trying
John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.64, Penguin

We, or at least I, can have no conception of human life and human thought in a hundred years or fifty years. Perhaps my greatest wisdom is the knowledge that I do not know. The sad ones are those who waste their energy in trying to hold it back, for thy can only feel bitterness in loss and no joy in gain.

John Steinbeck
Loss, Years, Joy
John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.64, Penguin

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