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Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody - to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody.
John Steinbeck
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John Steinbeck
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 27
Died: 1968
Died: December 20
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John Ernst Steinbeck
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A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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He drank too much when he could get it, ate too much when it was there, talked too much all the time.
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A man so painfully in love is capable of self-torture beyond belief.
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Nobody changes. Nobody gets hurt.
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