I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier?

Quote by John Steinbeck

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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

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.

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

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

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...

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas...

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas...

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar...

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar...

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you...

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you...

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 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.

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy,...

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy,...

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

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

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards,...

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards,...

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy,...

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Character is more important than intelligence for success.

Character is more important than intelligence for success.

The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the...

The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the...