John Steinbeck
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We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — Yes, that’s the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. You’re not as alone as you thought. ✨ In Awe of Words. The Exonian, 75th anniversary edition, Exeter University, 1930.

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