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John Steinbeck on Anniversary

1902–1968 United States

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A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.

Travels With Charley: In Search of America (1962)

How can we live without our lives? How will we know it's us without our past?

"Well, that glove's fulla vaseline."
"Vaseline? What the hell for?"
"Well, I tell ya what — Curley says he's keepin' that hand soft for his wife."

Of Mice and Men (1937)

Can you honestly love a dishonest thing?

The Winter of Our Discontent (1961)

I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love.

Travels With Charley: In Search of America (1962)

Time is more complex near the sea than in any other place, for in addition to the circling of the sun and the turning of the seasons, the waves beat out the passage of time on the rocks and the tides rise and fall as a great clepsydra.

Tortilla Flat (1935)

In every bit of honest writing in the world ... there is a base theme. 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 nearly always leads to love.

Journal entry (1938)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Steinbeck (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.