And the people listened, and their faces were quiet with listening. Th…

John Steinbeck
483 citations
And the people listened, and their faces were quiet with listening. The story tellers, gathering attention into their tales, spoke in great rhythms, spoke in great words because the tales were great, and the listeners became great through them. ✨ John Steinbeck (2016). The Grapes of Wrath, p.262, Hamilton Books
Humanity Reading
17

More Author Quotes

It is my experience that in some areas [my poodle] Charley is more intelligent that I am, but in others he is abysmally ignorant. He can't read, can't drive a car, and has no grasp of mathematics. Bu … ▶
I nearly always write — just as I nearly always breathe. ✨ Steinbeck: A Life in Letters.
And when that crop grew, and was harvested, no man had crumbled a hot clod in his fingers and let the earth sift past his fingertips. No man had touched the seed, or lusted for the growth. Men ate wh … ▶
These too are of a burning color--not orange, not gold, but if pure gold were liquid and could raise a cream, that golden cream might be like the color of the poppies. ✨ John Steinbeck (2002). East o … ▶
The direction of a big act will warp history, but probably all acts do the same in their degree, down to a stone stepped over in the path or the breath caught at sight of a pretty girl or a fingernai … ▶

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes