The last clear definite function of men—muscles aching to work, minds …

John Steinbeck
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The last clear definite function of men—muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need—this is man.
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No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself. ✨ John Steinbeck (2008). The Winter of Our Discontent, p.64, Penguin
We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it. ✨ John Steinbeck (2003). America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction, p.265, Penguin
Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet hunger gnaws you. You have been loved, but your yearning wanders in new fields. And to prod all these there's time, … ▶
One must withdraw for a time from life in order to set down that picture.
A good writer always works at the impossible. ✨ John Steinbeck (1990). Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters, p.8, Penguin

The last clear definite function of men—muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need—this is man.

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