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What some people find in religion a writer may find in his craft...a kind of breaking through to glory.
John Steinbeck
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John Steinbeck
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 27
Died: 1968
Died: December 20
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John Ernst Steinbeck
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John Ernst Steinbeck
John Ernest Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck Jr
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To the heavens on the wings of a pig.
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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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For many years we have suckled on fear and fear alone, and there is no good product of fear.
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You got a God. Don't make no difference if you don' know what he looks like.
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I've always tried out my material on my dogs first. Years ago, when my red setter chewed up the manuscript of 'Of Mice and Men,' I said at the time that the dog must have been an excellent literary critic.
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An ocean without unnamed monsters would be like sleep without dreams.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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