She likes the people with the endurance to tolerate the drudge, the on…

Colum McCann
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She likes the people with the endurance to tolerate the drudge, the ones who know that pain is a requirement, not a curse. ✨ Colum McCann (2009). Let The Great World Spin, p.290, Bloomsbury Publishing
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