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“Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create - this is man.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
“It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.”
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“The one thing our species is helpless against is good fortune. It first puzzles, then frightens, then angers, and finally destroys us.”
― The Short Reign of Pippin IV
― The Short Reign of Pippin IV
“You're buying years of work, toil in the sun; you're buying a sorrow that can't talk.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
“You're buying years of work, toil in the sun; you're buying a sorrow that can't talk. But watch it, mister. There's a premium goes with this pile of junk and the bay horses - so beautiful - a packet of bitterness to grow in your house and to flower, some day. We could have saved you, but you cut us down, and soon you will be cut down and there'll be none of us to save you.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
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