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“All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.”
― John Steinbeck

tags: conflict, politics, war

“I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.”
― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

“The wave does not need to die to become water. She is already water.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

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“Anything that just costs money is cheap.”
― John Steinbeck

tags: value

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“It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.”
― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

tags: absence, loss

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