A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

Quote by John Steinbeck

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It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if...

It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if...

One can find so many pains when the rain is falling.

One can find so many pains when the rain is falling.

Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic.

Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic.

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the...

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the...

Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.

Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of...

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of...

I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy...

I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy...

It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if...

It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if...

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

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

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.

Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.

The profession of book-writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

The profession of book-writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up...

It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up...

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're...

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're...

These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring...

These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring...

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're...

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're...

Maybe its like this, Max--you know how, when you are working on a long and...

Maybe its like this, Max--you know how, when you are working on a long and...

Any communication or marketing professional needs cross-cultural research and communication skills to be able to...

Any communication or marketing professional needs cross-cultural research and communication skills to be able to...

Popularity is the easiest thing in the world to gain and it is the hardest...

Popularity is the easiest thing in the world to gain and it is the hardest...

The trouble with research is that it tells you what people were thinking about yesterday,...

The trouble with research is that it tells you what people were thinking about yesterday,...

In the Phaedrus, Plato argued that the new arrival of writing would revolutionize culture for...

In the Phaedrus, Plato argued that the new arrival of writing would revolutionize culture for...