I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an une…

John Steinbeck
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I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier? ✨ John Steinbeck (1980). Travels with Charley in Search of America, p.51, Penguin
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I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier? ✨ John Steinbeck (1980). Travels with Charley in Search of America, p.51, Penguin

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