There is more beauty in truth, even if it is a dreadful beauty. The st…

John Steinbeck
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There is more beauty in truth, even if it is a dreadful beauty. The storytellers at the city gate twist life so that it looks sweet to the lazy and the stupid and the weak, and this only strengthens their infirmities and teaches nothing, cures nothing, nor does it let the heart soar. ✨ John Steinbeck (1952). East of Eden, And, The Wayward Bus
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