John Ernst Steinbeck was the full name of John Steinbeck. Steinbeck was born on 27th February 1902. He was a very well renowned writer from the United States of America. He was also the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature for the year 1962. It's pretty flabbergasting to note that most of Steinbeck's works have been labelled as gems of literature.
He wrote a total of almost 33 books, out of which there were 16 novels. The most famous book of his, which has been often quoted to date, is the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Grapes of Wrath". It was published in 1939. It's so popular that many writers of today have revisited this book again and again.
Since Steinbeck was from mainland America, thus his writings were entrenched in the chronological history of America. The major themes that he explored were injustices, racism and something on similar lines. The first book that Steinbeck published was "Cup of Gold". It was the starting point of his career.
Steinbeck finally died in New York on 20th December 1968. He died from heart disease and organ failure. Below are some of the famous John Steinbeck Quotes.
In the souls of the people, the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
The souls of people are always filled with wrath. This feeling can be for others who are more successful than us. Wrath and disgust is a natural way of living. This sense of hatred keeps growing in us and becomes so heavy that we don't see any good in others.
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?
Having two opposites is very crucial. These opposites should be balanced out. If there are summers, there need to be winter that can make us feel the cosiness of the sultry sun and heat as well.
A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ.
A soul that's almost dead and morose can kill you so much. Such a soul won't be at all happy and will become contagious. Sadness will surely perpetuate in others and will create a gloomy atmosphere. This is something that can kill you.
All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.
Why do wars happen? They happen because wars are a failure of man's will to establish peace. Wars happen because we fail to acknowledge human insecurities. If wars are happening, we have stopped using our thinking skills to establish peace.
Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The Main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
Losing something in the journey of life and otherwise is very important. If you lose something, it doesn't mean you are weak. However, don't be scared of that loss. Just think that worrying about something as important as losing is useless.
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Time is the only critic without ambition.
Time is the only critic that doesn't have any ambition. What it means is that time teaches you a lot of things. It will make you realise the shortness of life. By doing this, it's trying to set the foundation of your journey. Time has no hard ambitions.
A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.
The journey is just like marriage. People think that they can control the other person in marriage. However, that's a wrong misconception. Marriage and journey are to be lived and enjoyed. The moment you start controlling it, it will become useless.
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
When the movement in time and space stops, there's still some hope left. You may feel that everything stops with it. However, that's not the case. The movement has to be such that you continue even when everything else ceases to move or exist.
Unless a reviewer dares to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.
The true job of a reviewer is to criticise you and point out mistakes. If they don't point out mistakes, then the very purpose of it is defeated. However, if they only praise you, then they are not at all good reviewers. They should be ignored.
Man is the only kind of varmint who sets his trap, baits it, then steps on it.
Man is a weird creature. Such a creature creates a trap for itself and then actually steps on it. Humans try to trap others. However, at the end of the day, they are the ones who are trapped. What it implies is that humans become prey to their cruelty.
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All great and precious things are lonely.
There are many great things in this world. It can be anything ranging from a great personality to something like a beautiful monument. However, all such great and precious things are lonely. That's because their exoticism is established. After all, they are lonely.
And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.
Perfection is simply a mirage. There can't be anything that is without any flaws. There will exist something or the other that will catch our attention. However, if you can't be perfect, at least try and be good at something.
I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.
Love in a woman makes her indestructible. A strong woman can be stronger than a man. However, if she has love in her heart, she cannot be defeated by anyone in any way. Love as a force is so strong.
There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do.
It's wrong to put things in the dichotomy of sin and virtue. It's wrong to label something as bad and something as good. Nothing is clean or dirty in this world. It's just different things that different people do in life.
And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.
Repression throughout history has erased the identity of so many people. It's erased in such a way that you don't even get to see through the tricks of the one who is repressing. Thus, repression happens through meticulous and manipulative ways, which are then established as facts.
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Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
Getting a few ideas is difficult in the beginning. You may not have some brilliant ones in the starting. However, if you get hold of a few ideas, then it gets easier to find other ideas. If you find one idea at first, a dozen will follow it.
Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.
Understanding each other is very crucial. You should recognise that all of us have differences. We have a lot of similarities, too, despite the divisions. However, only by understanding each other you can map the miscommunication gap that exists between humans.
There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.
Truth is very bitter. It can leave you extremely shattered. However, truth is better than anything. It's the truth that makes you realise the beauty of small things. Even though it's dreadful beauty, it's still better than lies.
I guess there are never enough books.
Books are never enough. You may think that you have a lot of knowledge or read enough. However, books are something that you can never label as being enough. Books should be read as extensively and intensively one can. Never consider them enough.
When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.
When two new people meet, both are bound to change in some way or the other. Change is inevitable because both persons are going to have some effect on the other. Thus, you get absolutely two new people after they meet.
