Courage and fear were one thing too. ✨ John Steinbeck (2002). East of …

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Courage and fear were one thing too. ✨ John Steinbeck (2002). East of Eden, p.107, Penguin
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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them. ✨ John Steinbeck (1990). Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters, p.107, Penguin
He said, I am a man, and that meant certain things to Juana. It meant that he was half insane and half god. ✨ John Steinbeck (1993). The Pearl, p.61, Penguin
I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags, I don't want him satisfied. ✨ John Steinbeck (1989). Steinbeck: A Life in Letters, p.160, Penguin
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do...Try to be better than yourself.

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