John Steinbeck

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John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American [...]

First name and last name: Jeffery Ernest Steinbeck (en)
Date of birth: born February 26, 1902
Date of death: died December 19, 1968
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As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.

Of Mice and Men

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You’re all scared of each other, that's what. Ever’ one of you’s scared the rest is goin’ to get something on you.

Of Mice and Men

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Everybody wants a little bit of land, not much. Jus’ som’thin’ that was his. Som’thin’ he could live on and there couldn’t nobody throw him off of it.

Of Mice and Men

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Books ain’t good. A guy needs somebody - to be near him. […] A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you. I tell ya […], I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.