They're a dark people with a gift for suffering way past their deservi…

John Steinbeck
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They're a dark people with a gift for suffering way past their deserving. It's said that without whiskey to soak and soften the world, they'd kill themselves. (Irish) ✨ John Steinbeck (2002). East of Eden, p.143, Penguin
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