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But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cover his shyness with nonchalance, with bravado, or with secrecy. And once a boy has suffered rejection, he will find rejection even where it does not exist-or, worse, will draw it forth from people simply by expecting it.

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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
People
Away
Roll
Shyness
Doe
Forth
Puppy
Littles
Draw
Secrecy
May
Draws
Suffered
Back
Worse
Expecting
Nonchalance
Find
Exist
Rejection
Groveling
Little
Boys
Whereas
Bravado
Even
Simply
Cover
Cringe

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