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John Steinbeck on Birthday

1902–1968 United States

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3 quotes

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

If you want to keep a friend never test him.

The Winter of Our Discontent (1961)

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)

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