Quotes by : John Steinbeck

It is not only the size of these redwoods but their strangeness that frightens them. And why not? For....

American cities are like badger holes, ringed with trash--all of them--surrounded by piles of wrecked....

Curious how a place unvisited can take such hold on the mind so that the very name sets up a ringing.....

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

Suddenly he knew joy and sorrow felted into one fabric. Courage and fear were one thing too.

I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments

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

I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an’....

Eventlessness has no post to drape duration on.

A dying organism is often observed to be capable of extraordinary endurance and strength. ... When any....