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A book is somehow sacred. A dictator can kill and maim people, can sink to any kind of tyranny and only be hated, but when books are burned the ultimate in tyranny has happened. This we cannot forgive.

John Steinbeck

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John Steinbeck

American writer

February 27th, 1902 - December 20th, 1968

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