In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

Quote by John Steinbeck

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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...

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...

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.

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...

No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to...

No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to...

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in...

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in...

It is the nature of a man as he grows older- to protest against change,...

It is the nature of a man as he grows older- to protest against change,...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

The American girl makes a servant of her husband and then finds him contemptible for...

The American girl makes a servant of her husband and then finds him contemptible for...

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.

I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided...

I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided...

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,...

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...

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in...

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in...

So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what...

So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what...

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

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

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and...

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and...