Most people are heartless about turtles because a turtle's heart will …

Ernest Hemingway
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Most people are heartless about turtles because a turtle's heart will beat for hours after he has been cut up and butchered. But the old man thought, I have such a heart too and my feet and hands are like theirs. ✨ The Hemingway Collection.
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Most people are heartless about turtles because a turtle's heart will beat for hours after he has been cut up and butchered. But the old man thought, I have such a heart too and my feet and hands are like theirs. ✨ The Hemingway Collection.

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