John Steinbeck

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

I find it valid to understand man as an animal before I am prepared to know him as a man.

I find it valid to understand man as an animal before I am prepared to know him as a man.

A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ. -John Steinbeck.

A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ. -John Steinbeck.

As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and read more

As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like read more

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass. -John Steinbeck.