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"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"

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MORE QUOTES BY John Steinbeck

“To be alive at all is to have scars”

John Steinbeck

“It has always seemed strange to me...the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity,...”

“And in the end we are all just dreamers in an endless universe”

“I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen”

FEATURED QUOTES

“The future depends on what we do in the present.”

“I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.”

“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.”

“It's not about winning or losing. It's about showing up and being your best.”

“I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.”

“If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians”

“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try”

“You either play the game or let the game play you.”

“The greatest victories are not those won on the court, but those won within ourselves.”

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”