The direction of a big act will warp history, but probably all acts do…

John Steinbeck
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The direction of a big act will warp history, but probably all acts do the same in their degree, down to a stone stepped over in the path or the breath caught at sight of a pretty girl or a fingernail nicked in the garden soil. ✨ John Steinbeck (2002). East of Eden, p.33, Penguin
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The direction of a big act will warp history, but probably all acts do the same in their degree, down to a stone stepped over in the path or the breath caught at sight of a pretty girl or a fingernail nicked in the garden soil. ✨ John Steinbeck (2002). East of Eden, p.33, Penguin

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