Delphi Complete Works of John Steinbeck Quotes

“Charles is not afraid so he could never learn anything about courage.”
― John Steinbeck, Delphi Complete Works of John Steinbeck

“He told his son of the sad dignity that can belong to a soldier, how he is necessary in the light of all the failures of man — the penalty of our frailties.”
― John Steinbeck, Delphi Complete Works of John Steinbeck

“And the families did survive and grow. They had a tool or a weapon that is also nearly gone, or perhaps it is only dormant for a while. It is argued that because they believed thoroughly in a just, moral God they could put their faith there and let the smaller securities take care of themselves. But I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they knew beyond doubt that they were valuable and potentially moral units — because of this they could give God their own courage and dignity and then receive it back. Such things have disappeared perhaps because men do not trust themselves any more, and when that happens there is nothing left except perhaps to find some strong sure man, even though he may be wrong, and to dangle from his coattails.”
― John Steinbeck, Delphi Complete Works of John Steinbeck

“He felt the warmth for his brother you can feel only for one who is not perfect and therefore no target for your hatred.”
― John Steinbeck, Delphi Complete Works of John Steinbeck

“It’s like getting up. I don’t want to get up and I don’t want to stay down. I don’t want to stay here and I don’t want to go away.”
― John Steinbeck, Delphi Complete Works of John Steinbeck

“he must learn coldly to put himself in the way of losing his own life without going mad.”
― John Steinbeck, Delphi Complete Works of John Steinbeck

“You’re not clever. You don’t know what you want. You have no proper fierceness. You let other people walk over you. Sometimes I think you’re a weakling who will never amount to a dog turd.”
― John Steinbeck, Delphi Complete Works of John Steinbeck

“who might be circumvented, or fooled, but never challenged.”
― John Steinbeck, Delphi Complete Works of John Steinbeck

“She had a dour Presbyterian mind and a code of morals that pinned down and beat the brains out of nearly everything that was pleasant to”
― John Steinbeck, Delphi Complete Works of John Steinbeck

“sponges,”
― John Steinbeck, Delphi Complete Works of John Steinbeck

“You go steal that tire an’ you’re a thief, but he tried to steal your four dollars for a busted tire. They call that sound business.”
― John Steinbeck, Delphi Complete Works of John Steinbeck

“Humans are caught — in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too — in a net of good and evil.”
― John Steinbeck, Delphi Complete Works of John Steinbeck