Whole Damn World, Scared, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

“Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.” ― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

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One Story, John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the neverending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly respawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is.” ― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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Beauty in Truth, John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.” ― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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Sad Soul, Germ, John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

“A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.” ― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

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Strong Woman, Love, Indestructible, John Steinbeck

“I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.” ― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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Screaming Fact, Repression, Strengthen, John Steinbeck

“And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.” ― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

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Warmth of Summer, Cold of Winter, John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” ― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

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The Things We Admire, Those Traits We Detest, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row

“It has always seemed strange to me...The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.” ― John Steinbeck, Cannery Row

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To Be Alive, Scars, John Steinbeck

“To be alive at all is to have scars.” ― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

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Strong Woman, Stronger, Man, Indestructible, John Steinbeck

“I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.” ― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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