So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what has just arrived is a tomato salad with onions, a dish of pickles, a big slice of watermelon and two bottles of cream soda.

Quote by John Steinbeck

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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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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 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...

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at...

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at...

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

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

As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a...

As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a...

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...

Publicity is like poison; it doesn't hurt unless you swallow it.

Publicity is like poison; it doesn't hurt unless you swallow it.

Dear Tummy, sorry for all the butterflies. Dear Heart, sorry for the damage. Dear Brain,...

Dear Tummy, sorry for all the butterflies. Dear Heart, sorry for the damage. Dear Brain,...

Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary...

Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary...