As with many people, Charles, who could not talk, wrote with fullness.…

John Steinbeck
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As with many people, Charles, who could not talk, wrote with fullness. He set down his loneliness and his perplexities, and he put on paper many things he did not know about himself. ✨ John Steinbeck (2002). East of Eden, p.34, Penguin
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As with many people, Charles, who could not talk, wrote with fullness. He set down his loneliness and his perplexities, and he put on paper many things he did not know about himself. ✨ John Steinbeck (2002). East of Eden, p.34, Penguin

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