Give me a used Bible and I will, I think, be able to tell you about a …

John Steinbeck
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Give me a used Bible and I will, I think, be able to tell you about a man by the places that are edged with the dirt of seeking fingers. ✨ John Steinbeck (2002). East of Eden, p.234, Penguin
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Give me a used Bible and I will, I think, be able to tell you about a man by the places that are edged with the dirt of seeking fingers. ✨ John Steinbeck (2002). East of Eden, p.234, Penguin

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