Why don't you beat him? Author: John Steinbeck Copy Quote More from John Steinbeck “It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had nev…” “You got a God. Don't make no difference if you don' know what he looks like.” “One day Samuel strained his back lifting a bale of hay, and it hurt his feeling…” “A guy needs somebody―to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Do…”