One who was born by the ocean or has associated with it cannot ever be quite content away from it for very long.
John Steinbeck
Ocean Connection, Coastal Homesickness, Nature Bonds, Ocean, Homesick, Nature
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More John Steinbeck Quotes
“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“Well, I remember this girl. I am not whole without her. I am not alive without her. When she was with me I was more alive than I have ever been, and not only when she was pleasant either. Even when we were fighting I was whole.” John Steinbeck
Love, Relationships, Memory, Emotions, Wholeness, Passion
John Steinbeck Love, Relationships, Memory, Emotions, Wholeness, Passion“We are lonesome animals. We spend all life trying to be less lonesome.” John Steinbeck
Loneliness, Human Nature, Solitude, Life Struggles, Social Connection, Animals
John Steinbeck Loneliness, Human Nature, Solitude, Life Struggles, Social Connection, Animals“He was born in fury and he lived in lightning.” John Steinbeck
Passion, Energy, Life, Fury, Nature, Intensity
John Steinbeck Passion, Energy, Life, Fury, Nature, Intensity“Once you have lived in New York and made it your home, no place else is good enough.” John Steinbeck
New York, City Life, Home, Living, Experience, Identity
John Steinbeck New York, City Life, Home, Living, Experience, Identity“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
John Steinbeck Journey, Marriage, Life, Control, Relationships, Growth“I’ve lived in good climate, and it bores the hell out of me. I like weather rather than climate.” John Steinbeck
Climate Preferences, Weather Vs Climate, Boredom, Weather, Good Climate, Preferences
John Steinbeck Climate Preferences, Weather Vs Climate, Boredom, Weather, Good Climate, Preferences“My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.” John Steinbeck
Imagination, Consequences, Self Reflection, Personal Struggle, Hell, Fate
John Steinbeck Imagination, Consequences, Self Reflection, Personal Struggle, Hell, Fate“I carry a gun cause a cop is too heavy.” John Steinbeck
Gun Carry, Cop Heavy, Practical Choice, Protection, Irony, Defense
John Steinbeck Gun Carry, Cop Heavy, Practical Choice, Protection, Irony, Defense“As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.” John Steinbeck
Stillness Moments, Time Reflection, Peace Awareness, Stillness, Time, Peace
John Steinbeck Stillness Moments, Time Reflection, Peace Awareness, Stillness, Time, Peace“You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.” John Steinbeck
Advice, Opinion, Self, Decision, Agreement, Action
John Steinbeck Advice, Opinion, Self, Decision, Agreement, Action“The people say that the two seemed to be removed from human experience; that they had gone through pain and had come out on the other side.” John Steinbeck
Removed Experience, Pain Overcome, Human Journey, Resilience, Survival, Transformation
John Steinbeck Removed Experience, Pain Overcome, Human Journey, Resilience, Survival, Transformation“A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green. The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool.” John Steinbeck
Salinas River, Green Waters, Hillside Bank, Nature, Warmth, Reflection
John Steinbeck Salinas River, Green Waters, Hillside Bank, Nature, Warmth, Reflection“There wasn’t any limit, no boundary at all, to the future. And it would be so a man wouldn’t have room to store his happiness.” John Steinbeck
Boundless Future, Human Happiness, Limitless Potential, Future, Happiness, Boundless
John Steinbeck Boundless Future, Human Happiness, Limitless Potential, Future, Happiness, Boundless“No one could call him a liar. And this was mainly because the lie was in his head, and any truth coming from his mouth carried the color of the lie.” John Steinbeck
Lie Head, Truth Color, Liar Call, Deception, Psychology, Truth
John Steinbeck Lie Head, Truth Color, Liar Call, Deception, Psychology, Truth“The mountains of things we throw away are much greater than the things we use. In this, if in no other way, we can see the wild and reckless exuberance of our production, and waste seems to be the index.” John Steinbeck
Waste, Consumption, Society, Production, Nature, Excess
John Steinbeck Waste, Consumption, Society, Production, Nature, Excess“Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.” John Steinbeck
Understanding, Kindness, Empathy, Friendship, Love, Relationships
John Steinbeck Understanding, Kindness, Empathy, Friendship, Love, Relationships“To finish is a sadness to a writer – a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn’t really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.” John Steinbeck
Writer’s Life, Endless Stories, Creative Process, Sadness, Endings, Words
John Steinbeck Writer’s Life, Endless Stories, Creative Process, Sadness, Endings, Words“Once a woman told me that colored flowers would seem more bright if you added a few white flowers to give the colors definition. Every petal of blue lupin is edged with white, so that a field of lupins is more blue than you can imagine.” John Steinbeck
Flowers, Beauty, Nature, Color, Perception, Life
John Steinbeck Flowers, Beauty, Nature, Color, Perception, Life