John Steinbeck Quotes About Habits

Quotes about: Habits

• Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream.

  John Steinbeck

  Dream, Light, California

  John Steinbeck (2002). “Cannery Row: (Centennial Edition)”, p.9, Penguin

• Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.

  John Steinbeck

  Men, Bait, Literature

  John Steinbeck (2008). “Sweet Thursday”, p.214, Penguin

• She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the citadel of the family, the strong place that could not be taken. And since old Tom and the children could not know hurt or fear unless she acknowledged hurt or fear, she had practiced denying them in herself. And since, when a joyful thing happened, they looked to see whether joy was on her, it was her habit to build laughter out of inadequate materials....She seemed to know that if she swayed the family shook, and if she ever deeply wavered or despaired the family would fall.

  John Steinbeck

  Strong, Hurt, Laughter

• it was her habit to build up laughter out of inadequate materials.

  John Steinbeck

  Laughter, Women, Habit

  John Steinbeck (2016). “The Grapes of Wrath”, p.58, Hamilton Books

• When Kino had finished, Juana came back to the fire and ate her breakfast. They had spoken once, but there is not need for speech if it is only a habit anyway. Kino sighed with satisfaction - and that was conversation.

  John Steinbeck

  Fire, Needs, Breakfast

  John Steinbeck (1994). “The Pearl”, p.24, Penguin

• In writing, habit seems to be a much stronger force than either willpower or inspiration.

  John Steinbeck

  Inspiration, Writing, Stronger

  John Steinbeck (1990). “Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath”, p.118, Penguin

• But Doc had one mental habit he could not get over. When anyone asked a question, Doc thought he wanted to know the answer.

  John Steinbeck

  Answers, Habit, Wanted

  John Steinbeck (2002). “Cannery Row: (Centennial Edition)”, p.26, Penguin

• How can the poem and the stink and the grating noise - the quality of light, the tone, the habit and the dream - be set down alive?

  John Steinbeck

  Dream, Light, Quality

  John Steinbeck (1993). “Cannery Row”, p.8, Penguin

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