He can kill anything for need but he could not even hurt a feeling for…

John Steinbeck
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He can kill anything for need but he could not even hurt a feeling for pleasure. ✨ John Steinbeck (1993). Cannery Row, p.23, Penguin
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It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it. ✨ John Steinbeck (2008). Sweet Thursday, p.180, Penguin
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She had a dour Presbyterian mind and a code of morals that pinned down and beat the brains out of nearly everything that was pleasant to do. ✨ John Steinbeck (2002). East of Eden, p.13, Penguin
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I do want to make it very convincing. And the best way to do that is to put most of it in dialogue. ✨ John Steinbeck (1990). Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters, p.164, Penguin

He can kill anything for need but he could not even hurt a feeling for pleasure. ✨ John Steinbeck (1993). Cannery Row, p.23, Penguin

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