Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of a human need for it, an…

John Steinbeck
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Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of a human need for it, and it has not changed except to become more needed ✨ John Steinbeck (2003). America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction, p.146, Penguin
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