John Steinbeck Quotes

Biography: John Steinbeck is known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Grap... more Biography: John Steinbeck is known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Grapes of Wrath." An American author born in 1902, Steinbeck wrote compelling stories capturing the plight of workers during the Great Depression. His works, including "Of Mice and Men" and "East of Eden," offer profound social commentary. less

"I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one... humans are caught - in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too - in a net of good and evil... there is no other story""I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger""We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome""It has always seemed strange to me...the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness...""There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty""A man so painfully in love is capable of self-torture beyond belief""It is so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.""I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that dogs think humans are nuts.""For it is my opinion that we generally get only as much as we have coming to us.""So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee, and what we got was a jug of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou beside me singing in the wilderness, but it was far better.""It is the nature of a man as he grows older to protest against change particularly change for the better""There are no ugly questions except those clothed in condescension""Men do change and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass""And this I believe that the free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world""The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world and he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true""A man without words is a man without thought""Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem a stink a grating noise a quality of light a tone a habit a nostalgia a dream""The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business""The power of a writer is that he is a powerful figure in the world""And in the end we are all just dreamers in an endless universe"

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