Hard-covered books break up friendships. You loan a hard covered book …

John Steinbeck
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Hard-covered books break up friendships. You loan a hard covered book to a friend and when he doesn’t return it you get mad at him. It makes you mean and petty. But twenty-five cent books are different.
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