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John Steinbeck Quotes - Page 5

You're bound to get idears if you go thinkin' about stuff

John Steinbeck (2016). “The Grapes of Wrath”, p.16, Hamilton Books

We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.

John Steinbeck (2003). “America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction”, p.265, Penguin

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

John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.8, Penguin

Being at ease with himself put him at ease with the world.

John Steinbeck (2008). “Sweet Thursday”, p.58, Penguin

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

John Steinbeck (2016). “The Grapes of Wrath”, p.70, Hamilton Books

I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why.

John Steinbeck (2016). “Of Mice and Men”, p.8, Hamilton Books

We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.

John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.8, Penguin

Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.

John Steinbeck (1989). “Steinbeck: A Life in Letters”, p.611, Penguin

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

John Steinbeck (1990). “Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters”, p.8, Penguin

Money is not nice. Money got no friends but more money.

John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.47, Penguin