A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful …

John Steinbeck
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A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. ✨ John Steinbeck (1989). Steinbeck: A Life in Letters, p.372, Penguin
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