There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff peopl…

John Steinbeck
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There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do. ✨ John Steinbeck (2016). The Grapes of Wrath, p.19, Hamilton Books
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