The first grave. Now we're getting someplace. Houses and children and …

John Steinbeck
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The first grave. Now we're getting someplace. Houses and children and graves, that's home, Tom. Those are the things that hold a man down. ✨ John Steinbeck (1995). To a God Unknown, p.70, Penguin
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The first grave. Now we're getting someplace. Houses and children and graves, that's home, Tom. Those are the things that hold a man down. ✨ John Steinbeck (1995). To a God Unknown, p.70, Penguin

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