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Sometimes when she was alone, and she knew she was alone, she permitted her mind to play in a garden, and she smiled.

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John Steinbeck
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 27
Died: 1968
Died: December 20
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
War Correspondent
Writer
Salinas
California
John Ernst Steinbeck
Jr.
John Ernst Steinbeck
John Ernest Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck Jr
Steinbeck
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Smiled
Garden
Knew
Alone
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Mind

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