1,374 Quotes by John Steinbeck

It is astounding to find that the belly of every black and evil thing is white as snow. And it is saddening to discover how the concealed parts of angels are leprous.

She sighed as she always does, a deep, gathered breath and a low release of luxury. Some people resent awakening, but not Mary. She comes to a day with the expectancy that it will be good.

To a criminal, honesty is foolish.

They got to live before they can afford to die.

A wife is like a children's movie; always under-appreciated and without either, life would be incomplete

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.

Morning seems to come earlier every year I live.

He hated old women. They frightened him. There was a smell about them that gave him the willies. They were fierce and they had no price. They never gave a damn about making a scene. They got what they wanted. Louie's grandmother had been a tyrant. She had got whatever she wanted by being fierce.

An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion.