I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though i John Steinbeck Quotes
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I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned tool.

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Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - the main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - the main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

People don’t take trips, trips take people.

People don’t take trips, trips take people.

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.

We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.

We spend our time searching for security, and hate it when we get it.

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