So many old and lovely things are stored in the world's attic because we don't want them around us and we don't dare throw them out.
John SteinbeckHe had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.
John SteinbeckI am a little man and this is a little town, but there must be a spark in little men that can burst into flame.
John SteinbeckThe techniques of opening conversation are universal. I knew long ago and rediscovered that the best way to attract attention, help, and conversation is to be lost. A man who seeing his mother starving to death on a path kicks her in the stomach to clear the way, will cheerfully devote several hours of his time giving wrong directions to a total stranger who claims to be lost.
John Steinbeck