Like most modern people, I don't believe in prophecy or magic and then…

John Steinbeck
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Like most modern people, I don't believe in prophecy or magic and then spend half my time practicing it. ✨ John Steinbeck (2008). The Winter of Our Discontent, p.223, Penguin
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Like most modern people, I don't believe in prophecy or magic and then spend half my time practicing it. ✨ John Steinbeck (2008). The Winter of Our Discontent, p.223, Penguin

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