It isn't like the rest of the country - it is like a nation itself

John Steinbeck
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It isn't like the rest of the country - it is like a nation itself - more tolerant than the rest in a curious way. Littleness gets swallowed up here. All the viciousness that makes other cities vicious is sucked up and absorbed in New York. ✨ John Steinbeck (2001). A Life in Letters, p.401, Penguin UK
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