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“In utter loneliness, a writer tries to explain the unexplicable.”

Quote by John Steinbeck

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John Steinbeck was an American author renowned for his profound depiction of American society and the lives of farmers. His works often explore themes of poverty, social injustice, and human nature. Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962 for his significant contribution to American literature. more

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“In every man this thing is hidden. It tries to get out, but a man's fears distort it. He chokes it back. What does get out is changed-blood on the hands of a statue, emotion over the story of an ancient torture-the giving or drawing of blood in copulation.”

Beliefs Steinbeck

Book:To a God Unknown

Source: To a God Unknown

“He felt a desire to open his body for her inspection, so that she could see all the hidden things in him, even the things he did not know were there.”

Description Steinbeck

Book:To a God Unknown

Source: To a God Unknown

“Those thoughts she had kept weak and pale and hidden in the recesses of her brain, just out of thinking vision, came out into the open, and she saw that they were not foul and loathesome like slugs, as she had always believed, but somehow light and gay and holy.”

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Book:To a God Unknown

Source: To a God Unknown

“I have made up reasons, but they aren't true. I have said to myself, 'The sun is life. I give life to life'-'I make a symbol of the sun's death.' When I made these reasons I knew they weren't true.....I gave up reasons. I do this because it makes me glad. I do it because I like to.”

Beliefs Steinbeck

Book:To a God Unknown

Source: To a God Unknown

“I don't need no nice food with ketchup. I'd lay out in the sun and nobody'd hurt me. An' if I foun' a mouse, I could keep it. Nobody'd take it away from me.”

Book:Of Mice and Men

Source: Of Mice and Men

“But not us! An' why? Because... because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why.”

Book:Of Mice and Men

Source: Of Mice and Men

“Always, remember that you are a mortal being.”

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“Decían que el mundo rodaba cuesta abajo. Como si algo pudiera rodar cuesta arriba”

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Book:When Humans Unite: Making A World Without Borders

Source: When Humans Unite: Making A World Without Borders

“Pain is the greatest catalyst of power.”

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