A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.
John Steinbeck
Journey, Marriage, Life, Control, Relationships, Growth
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Hunger | Action Threshold | Glory | Life Incomplete | Inner Light | War Causes | Self-Control | Self-Improvement | Self Sufficiency | Adulthood | Only Love | Advice | Soldier | Rabbits | Life Balance | Worthwhile | People | Resilience | Emotional Depth | Awe | More
More John Steinbeck Quotes
“Give a critic an inch, he’ll write a play.” John Steinbeck
Critic Inch, Write Play, Power Words, Criticism, Drama, Creativity
John Steinbeck Critic Inch, Write Play, Power Words, Criticism, Drama, Creativity“A boy becomes a man when a man is needed.” John Steinbeck
Growth, Manhood, Responsibility, Change, Life, Development
John Steinbeck Growth, Manhood, Responsibility, Change, Life, Development“I like a lot of talk in a book and I don’t like to have nobody tell me what the guy that’s talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks.” John Steinbeck
Book Talk, Dialogue Power, Character Description, Imagination, Reading, Freedom
John Steinbeck Book Talk, Dialogue Power, Character Description, Imagination, Reading, Freedom“Stories have haunted us and followed us from our beginning,” Samuel said. “We carry them along with us like invisible tails – the story of original sin and the story of Cain and Abel. And I don’t understand either of them. I don’t understand them at all but I feel them.” John Steinbeck
Stories, History, Religion, Philosophy, Memory, Understanding
John Steinbeck Stories, History, Religion, Philosophy, Memory, Understanding“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.” John Steinbeck
Man, Growth, Work, Concepts, Accomplishments, Evolution
John Steinbeck Man, Growth, Work, Concepts, Accomplishments, Evolution“The emotion of nonviolence was building in him until it became a prejudice like any other thought-stultifying prejudice. To inflict any hurt on anything for any purpose became inimical to him. He became obsessed with this emotion, for such it surely was, until it blotted out any possible thinking in its area. But never was there any hint of cowardice in Adam’s army record. Indeed he was commended three times and then decorated for bravery.” John Steinbeck
Nonviolence, Emotion, Prejudice, Courage, War, Morality
John Steinbeck Nonviolence, Emotion, Prejudice, Courage, War, Morality“It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.” John Steinbeck
Greatness, Potential, Humanity, Expectation, Success, Achievement
John Steinbeck Greatness, Potential, Humanity, Expectation, Success, Achievement“The sound of a jet, an engine warming up, even the clopping of shod hooves on pavement brings on the ancient shudder, the dry mouth and vacant eye, the hot palms and the churn of stomach high up under the rib cage.” John Steinbeck
Anxiety Triggers, Modern Sounds, Ancient Feelings, Anxiety, Sounds, Feelings
John Steinbeck Anxiety Triggers, Modern Sounds, Ancient Feelings, Anxiety, Sounds, Feelings“Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain...” John Steinbeck
Hidden Pain, Personal Secrets, Emotional Depth, Pain, Secrets, Depth
John Steinbeck Hidden Pain, Personal Secrets, Emotional Depth, Pain, Secrets, Depth“That is a great mystery,” said Doctor Winter. “That is a mystery that has disturbed rulers all over the world – how the people know. It disturbs the invaders now, I am told, how news runs through censorships, how the truth of things fights free of control. It is a great mystery.” John Steinbeck
Power, Control, Truth, Knowledge, Censorship, Mystery
John Steinbeck Power, Control, Truth, Knowledge, Censorship, Mystery“It was a day as different from other days as dogs are from cats and both of them from chrysanthemums or tidal waves or scarlet fever.” John Steinbeck
Day Comparison, Unique Experience, Observation, Change, Life, Nature
John Steinbeck Day Comparison, Unique Experience, Observation, Change, Life, Nature“They fell into a silence. They looked at one another, amazed. This thing they had never really believed in was coming true.” John Steinbeck
Silence Fell, Belief True, Mutual Amazement, Revelation, Connection, Faith
John Steinbeck Silence Fell, Belief True, Mutual Amazement, Revelation, Connection, Faith“His ear heard more than what was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.” John Steinbeck
Slow Speech, Understanding Thought, Ear Heard, Perception, Depth, Communication
John Steinbeck Slow Speech, Understanding Thought, Ear Heard, Perception, Depth, Communication“Doc still loved true things but he knew that it was not a general love and it could be a very dangerous mistress.” John Steinbeck
True Love, Dangerous Passion, Heart Struggles, Reality, Deception, Love
John Steinbeck True Love, Dangerous Passion, Heart Struggles, Reality, Deception, Love“One can find so many pains when the rain is falling.” John Steinbeck
Emotional Rain, Nature’s Sadness, Pain Reflection, Rain, Sadness, Pain
John Steinbeck Emotional Rain, Nature’s Sadness, Pain Reflection, Rain, Sadness, Pain“There are as many worlds as there are kinds of days, and as an opal changes its colors and its fire to match the nature of a day, so do I.” John Steinbeck
Colorful Life, Personal Growth, Daily Reflections, Opal Beauty, Change, Fire
John Steinbeck Colorful Life, Personal Growth, Daily Reflections, Opal Beauty, Change, Fire“For every man in the world functions to the best of his ability, and no one does less than his best, no matter what he may think about it.” John Steinbeck
Human Effort, Personal Best, Ability Limits, Work Ethic, Strength, Motivation
John Steinbeck Human Effort, Personal Best, Ability Limits, Work Ethic, Strength, Motivation“How can the poem and the stink and the grating noise – the quality of light, the tone, the habit and the dream – be set down alive?” John Steinbeck
Art, Poetry, Expression, Creativity, Dream, Experience
John Steinbeck Art, Poetry, Expression, Creativity, Dream, Experience