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John Steinbeck

“First the strangers came with argument and authority and gunpowder to back up both. And in the four hundred years Kino's people had learned only one defense - a slight slitting of the eyes and a slight tightening of the lips and a retirement. Nothing could break down this wall, and they could remain whole within the wall.”

John Steinbeck, The Pearl
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The Pearl The Pearl by John Steinbeck
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