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Quotation by John Steinbeck
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a political correspondent, in Travels With Charley: In Search of America (1962)"In Awe of Words" The Exonian, 75th anniversary edition, Exeter University"In Awe of Words" 75th Anniversary edition of The Exonian, Exeter University"On Critics" Writers at Work, Fourth Series, ed. George Plimpton (1977)"On Intent" Writers at Work, ed. George Plimpton (1977)
A book is like a man—clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun.
John Steinbeck (1902–1968), U.S. author. "On Publishing," Writers at Work, Fourth Series, ed. George Plimpton (1977).
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