“Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain, shared with no one.”
— John Steinbeck
“I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.”
— John Steinbeck
“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.”
— John Steinbeck
“The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost.”
— John Steinbeck
“When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.”
— John Steinbeck
“It is a hard thing to leave any deeply routined life, even if you hate it.”
— John Steinbeck
“A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.”
— John Steinbeck
“A man so painfully in love is capable of self-torture beyond belief.”
— John Steinbeck
“If you’re in trouble or hurt or need—go to poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help—the only ones.”
— John Steinbeck
“It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.”
— John Steinbeck