I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags, I don't want h…

John Steinbeck
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I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags, I don't want him satisfied. ✨ John Steinbeck (1989). Steinbeck: A Life in Letters, p.160, Penguin
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I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags, I don't want him satisfied. ✨ John Steinbeck (1989). Steinbeck: A Life in Letters, p.160, Penguin

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