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I'm a writer. These people are American nomads, forever on the move, trying to feed themselves and their families. I'm thinking about writing a book about them. My name is John Steinbeck. Perhaps you've heard of me." After"
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At this declaration, Homer recalled some instruction from Captain Laird. "When a woman tells a man there's something they need to talk about," the great man had advised, "my advice is to avail yourself of the nearest door."
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You let Kerns hit the ball. Question is why?" "I wanted to let him keep his dignity." Thompson"
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But that's what kismet is. It makes us careen off in odd directions from which we learn not only what life is about but what it is for. This journey may be nothing less than your chance to discover these things.
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Carter opened the leather cover of the document and spread out its papers. He pretended to study them for a moment although he could quote them by rote. A good lawyer is also a good actor and a dramatic pause seemed in order.
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Nothing on this planet could slink like a fox, Mom said, except maybe a politician in a beer joint.
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The morning sun was a grinning, red-toothed warrior, come to slay the night. Bloody and quick, it tore through the night-riding clouds sitting on the purplish, rolling sea and flung a silver-white spear across Melagi, abruptly turning the great volcano that dominated the island from gray shadow to the color of bright jade. The night-wet air convulsed in the sudden heat. Steam boiled from the winding jungle hollows like hot smoke, and the fe..
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