A man who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he only ought to consider whether he is doing right or wrong.
John SteinbeckTag: mayor-orden the-moon-is-down
Money always removes the charge of craziness.
John SteinbeckTag: facts-of-life
If the written word has contributed anything at all to our developing species and our half developed culture, it is this: Great writing has been a staff to lean on, a mother to consult, a wisdom to pick up stumbling folly, a strength in weakness and a courage to support sick cowardice.
John SteinbeckTag: genius
If you are in love — that’s a good thing — that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you.
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If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
Tag: love
Only once or twice in her life had she ever understood all of him, but the part of him which she knew, she knew intricately and well. No little appetite or pain, no carelessness or meanness in him escaped her; no thought or dream or longing in him ever reached her. And yet several times in her life she had seen the stars.
John SteinbeckTag: john-steinbeck the-moon-is-down
They’s a time of change, an’ when that comes, dyin’ is a piece of all dyin’, and bearin’ is a piece of all bearin’, an’ bearin’ an’ dyin’ is two pieces of the same thing. An’ then things ain’t so lonely anymore. An’ then a hurt don’t hurt so bad.
John SteinbeckAnd her joy was nearly like sorrow.
John SteinbeckAnd all their love was thinned with money.
John SteinbeckThere's no thing sadder to me than associations held together by nothing but the glue of a postage stamp.
John SteinbeckAnd he saw the right evening star reflected in her eyes, and he saw the black cloud reflected in her eyes.
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