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John Steinbeck
“But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the wo...
“It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and ...
“A man without words is a man without thought.”
“You don't even know where I'm going.""I don't care. I'd like to go anywhere.”
“I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that'swhy.”
“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.”
“It’s all fine to say, “Time will heal everything, this too shall pass away. People will forget”—and things like that wh...
“And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repress...
“It was her habit to build up laughter out of inadequate materials.”
“A large drop of sun lingered on the horizon and then dripped over and was gone, and the sky was brilliant over the spot...
“There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.”
“An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times...
“There are as many worlds as there are kinds of days, and as an opal changes its colors and its fire to match the nature...
