Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to tapping.

Quote by John Steinbeck

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This I believe: That the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most...

This I believe: That the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most...

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

When I was very young and the urge to be someplace was on me, I...

When I was very young and the urge to be someplace was on me, I...

I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything.

I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything.

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the...

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the...

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...

The impulse of the American woman to geld her husband and castrate her sons is...

The impulse of the American woman to geld her husband and castrate her sons is...

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...

Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet...

Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet...

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man...

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man...

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...

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...

A dying people tolerates the present, rejects the future, and finds its satisfactions in past...

A dying people tolerates the present, rejects the future, and finds its satisfactions in past...

It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and...

It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and...

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.

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...

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man...

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man...

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

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

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...