John Steinbeck: Frasi in inglese

John Steinbeck era scrittore statunitense. Frasi in inglese.
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“He never fell,
never slipped back,
never flew.”

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John Steinbeck libro La valle dell'Eden

Origine: East of Eden

“Intention, good or bad, is not enough.”

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John Steinbeck libro L'inverno del nostro scontento

Origine: The Winter of Our Discontent

“And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry years. It was always that way.”

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“Trouble with mice is you always kill 'em.”

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John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men

Origine: Of Mice and Men

“Up ahead they's a thousan' lives we might live, but when it comes it'll on'y be one.”

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John Steinbeck libro Furore

Origine: The Grapes of Wrath

“If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.”

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“There are as many worlds as there are kinds of days, and as an opal changes its colors and its fire to match the nature of a day, so do I.”

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“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.”

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John Steinbeck libro L'inverno del nostro scontento

Origine: The Winter of Our Discontent

“Just like heaven. Ever’body wants a little piece of lan’. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It’s just in their head. They’re all the time talkin’ about it, but it’s jus’ in their head.”

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John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men

Origine: Of Mice and Men

“I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.”

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“I suppose our capacity for self-delusion is boundless.”

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John Steinbeck libro Travels with Charley: In Search of America

Origine: Travels with Charley: In Search of America

“Don't you love Jesus?' Well, I thought an' I thought an' finally I says, 'No, I don't know nobody name' Jesus. I know a bunch of stories, but I only love people.”

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John Steinbeck libro Furore

Origine: The Grapes of Wrath

“How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can't scare him--he has known a fear beyond every other.”

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John Steinbeck libro Furore

Origine: The Grapes of Wrath

“I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love.”

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John Steinbeck libro Travels with Charley: In Search of America

Pt. 2
Travels With Charley: In Search of America (1962)
Origine: Travels with Charley: In Search of America

“We can shoot rockets into space but we can't cure anger or discontent.”

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John Steinbeck libro L'inverno del nostro scontento

Origine: The Winter of Our Discontent