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Quotes About Trust

Cathy did not forget her lies, and she developed the most effective method of lying. She stayed close enough to the truth so that one could never be sure. She knew two other methods also––either to interlard her lies with truth or to tell a truth as though it were a lie. If one is accused of a lie and it turns out to be the truth, there is a backlog that will last a long time and protect a number of untruths.
~ John Steinbeck
And don't worry about losing. If i is right, it happens - the main thing is not to hurry.Nothing good gets away.
~ John Steinbeck
I am grieved at what you tell me, said Pellinore, but I believe that God can change destiny. I must have faith in that.
~ John Steinbeck
Casy gathered in his canvas sneakers and shoved his bare feet into them. I ain't got your confidence, he said. I'm always scared there's wire or glass under the dust. I don't know nothin' I hate so much as a cut toe.
~ John Steinbeck
He ain't no cuckoo," said George. "He's dumb as hell, but he ain't crazy. An' I ain't so bright neither, or I wouldn't be buckin' barley for my fifty and found.
~ John Steinbeck
Look out for luck. You can't trus' luck.
~ John Steinbeck
Don't roust your faith bird-high an' you won't do no crawlin' with the worms.
~ John Steinbeck
No one could call him a liar. And this was mainly because the lie was in his head, and any truth coming from his mouth carried the color of the lie.
~ John Steinbeck
A man's right to kill himself is inviolable, but sometimes a friend can make it unnecessary.
~ John Steinbeck
It seems to me that young people have lost their faith in America. Our ancestors had faith.
~ John Steinbeck
Una mentira es algo bueno y valioso. Un objeto precioso e imponderable que conviene tener en reserva. Pero nunca utilices esta joya hasta que hayas agotado todas las verdades. La verdad es patrimonio común, algo que siempre está a mano, pero las mentiras hay que inventarlas y jamás puedes estar seguro de su eficacia hasta que las hayas usado... y entonces es demasiado tarde
~ John Steinbeck
He had drawn a derogatory statement from George. He felt safe now.
~ John Steinbeck
I know that sometimes a lie is used in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost. That's a running sore.
~ John Steinbeck
And then the men lay down and put their heads in the girls' laps and looked up into their faces. And they smiled at each other, a tired and peaceful and wonderful secret.
~ John Steinbeck
Don' keep ya guard up when nobody ain't sparrin' with ya.
~ John Steinbeck
Then they asked, What'll we do? And the men replied, I don't know. But it was all right. The women knew it was all right, and the watching children knew it was all right. Women and children knew deep in themselves that no misfortune was too great to bear if their men were whole.
~ John Steinbeck
She looked at him suddenly and closely, to see how he had come so close so quickly. She looked for motive on his face, and found nothing but friendliness. Then she looked at the frayed seams on his white coat, and she was reassured.
~ John Steinbeck
At the very first he knew he was lying, but it was not long before he was equally sure that every one of his stories was true.
~ John Steinbeck
Al said, We'll burn right up if we got climbin' to do. Have to throw out some a' this stuff. Maybe, we shouldn' a brang that preacher. You'll be glad a that preacher 'fore we're through, said Ma. That preacher'll help us.
~ John Steinbeck
having nothing that can be stolen, exploited
~ John Steinbeck
Fark bir kiÅŸidedir, tek ba??na bir kiÅŸide... Yegane güç, bir tek sendedir. BaÅŸka hiçbir ÅŸeye güvenemezsin.
~ John Steinbeck
In the delicate world of relationships, we are tied together for all time.
~ John Steinbeck
A man can do a lot of damage in the church. When someone comes here, he's got his guard up. But in church a man's wide open.
~ John Steinbeck
Slim, Buna mecburdun George, dedi. BaÅŸka hiçbir çaren yoktu. Hadi gel benimle. George'u kolundan tutup anayola ç?kan patikaya doÄŸru götürdü. Curley ile Carlson onlar?n arkas?ndan bakt?lar. Carlson Yahu, dedi, nedir bu heriflerin derdi?
~ John Steinbeck