John Steinbeck

What the hell kind of bed you giving us, anyways? We don't know no pants rabbits. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#men

You keep out of my bed,” said Danny, for he knew that Joe Portagee had come to stay. The way he sat in a chair and crossed his knees had an appearance of permanence. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#men

We will rich soon, and you who handle poverty badly will handle riches equally badly... In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#change

He thought of the virtues of courage and forbearance, which become flabby when there is nothing to use them on. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#forbearance #virtue #courage

Thou art a peanut. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#the-long-valley #art

The design of a book is the pattern of a reality controlled and shaped by the mind of a writer. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#writers-on-writing #design

Beans are a warm cloak against economic cold. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#humor #food

It's a thing to see when a boy comes home. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#home

Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need-this is man. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#inspirational

I do love her, and that’s odd because she is everything I detest in anyone else. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#john-steinbeck #love #odd #the-winter-of-our-discontent #love