Up ahead they's a thousan' lives we might live, but when it comes it'l…

John Steinbeck
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Up ahead they's a thousan' lives we might live, but when it comes it'll on'y be one. ✨ John Steinbeck (2016). The Grapes of Wrath, p.98, Hamilton Books
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