I think there must have been some other girl printed somewhere in his …

John Steinbeck
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I think there must have been some other girl printed somewhere in his heart, for he was a man of love and his wife was not a woman to show her feelings. ✨ John Steinbeck (2001). Novels, 1942-1952
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