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John Steinbeck

1902 - 1968

John Steinbeck was an American author known for his vivid portrayals of the struggles faced by the working class, particularly in California during the Great Depression. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962 for his iconic works such as "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Of Mice and Men."

  1. It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.

    John Steinbeck
    #sleep#problem#resolution

  2. A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.

    John Steinbeck
    #journey#individuality#discovery

  3. It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.

    John Steinbeck
    #light#darkness#loss

  4. It is a hard thing to leave any deeply routined life, even if you hate it.

    John Steinbeck
    #life#change#routine

  5. And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.

    John Steinbeck
    #perfection#acceptance#growth

  6. Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

    John Steinbeck
    #stupidity#motives#irony

  7. All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.

    John Steinbeck
    #war#failure#humanity

  8. A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.

    John SteinbeckTravels with Charley: In Search of America, 1962
    #soul#sadness#mortality

  9. All great and precious things are lonely.

    John SteinbeckEast of Eden, 1952
    #loneliness#value#greatness