She wasn't happy, but then she wasn't unhappy. She wasn't anything. Bu…

John Steinbeck
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She wasn't happy, but then she wasn't unhappy. She wasn't anything. But I don't believe anyone is a nothing. There has to be something inside, if only to keep the skin from collapsing. This vacant eye, listless hand, this damask cheek dusted like a doughnut with plastic powder, had to have a memory or a dream. ✨ John Steinbeck (1980). Travels with Charley in Search of America, p.29, Penguin
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