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All great and precious things are lonely.

All great and precious things are lonely.

John Steinbeck
Lonely, Loneliness, Being Alone
John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.458, Penguin

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

John Steinbeck
Loneliness, Soul, Literature

Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.

John Steinbeck
Loneliness, People, World
John Steinbeck (2013). “Of Mice and Men: Teacher's Deluxe Edition”, p.38, Penguin

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

John Steinbeck
Loneliness, Trying, Literature
John Steinbeck (1990). “Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters”, p.8, Penguin

A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn't telling or teaching or ordering. Rather he seeks to establish a relationship of meaning, of feeling, of observing. We are lonesome animals. We spend all life trying to be less lonesome.

John Steinbeck
Stars, Loneliness, Teaching
John Steinbeck (1989). “Steinbeck: A Life in Letters”, p.441, Penguin

We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — "Yes, that’s the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. You’re not as alone as you thought."

John Steinbeck
Loneliness, Animal, Trying
"In Awe of Words". The Exonian, 75th anniversary edition, Exeter University, 1930.

As with many people, Charles, who could not talk, wrote with fullness. He set down his loneliness and his perplexities, and he put on paper many things he did not know about himself.

John Steinbeck
Loneliness, People, Paper
John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.34, Penguin

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