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There is one sure thing about the fall of gods: they do not fall a little they crash and shatter.

John Steinbeck

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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
Thing
Shatter
Eden
Crash
Gods
Sure
Fall
Littles
Little

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