27 February: John Steinbeck Quotes

John Steinbeck, US novelist. author of Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men, was born on this date in 1902. Here are some quotes from him:

1. Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
2. I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
3. When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.
4. All great and precious things are lonely.
5. It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
6. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
7. It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
8. What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
9. If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones.
10. A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ.

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