John Steinbeck
View AuthorIt's curious how distant a misfortune seems when it doesn't personally affect us.
John Steinbeck
View AuthorThe sadness of the soul can kill you much faster than a bacterium.
John Steinbeck
View AuthorUnder his cowardly shell, man aspires to goodness and wants to be loved. If he takes the path of vice, it is because he believed he was taking a shortcut that would lead him to love.
John Steinbeck
View AuthorMaybe everyone is afraid of each other in this damned world.
John Steinbeck
View AuthorThere is no sin and there is no virtue. There is only what people do.
John Steinbeck
View AuthorIdeas are like rabbits. You get a couple, learn to care for them, and very soon you have a dozen.
John Steinbeck
View AuthorPower does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of losing power.
John Steinbeck
View AuthorIn front of us there are a thousand different lives we could live, but when it arrives, it will only be one.
George Steiner
View AuthorLiterary criticism often stems from a deficit of love.
George Steiner
View AuthorWe have no more beginnings.
George Steiner
View AuthorStereotypes are tired truths.
George Steiner
View AuthorInhumanity is perennial.