“You can boast about anything if it's all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.”
Source: East of Eden
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John Steinbeck 366
American writer 1902–1968Related quotes

“Maybe everything bad that happens to you makes you weaker, and so you can stand less and less.”
Pt. 2, Ch. 3 - p.97
Giovanni's Room (1956)

Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
Context: Do not blame others for your own mistakes. … YOU are Mother Nature. You have the power within you to be thin or fat, as you desire. … God is within you, and you can do and have anything you want. You must love yourself more. … and then … you can love your fellow man.
“Maybe you have to know darkness before you can appreciate the light.”
Source: A Ring of Endless Light (1980)

someday
Maybe Baby, written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty (1957)
Song lyrics, Singles

“As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.”