“ If he needs a million acres to make him feel rich, seems to me he needs it ’cause he feels awful poor inside hisself, and if he’s poor in hisself, there ain’t no million acres gonna make him feel rich, an’ maybe he’s disappointed that nothin’ he can do’ll make him feel rich ”
John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (1939). copy citation
| Author | John Steinbeck |
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| Source | The Grapes of Wrath |
| Topic | poverty wealth possession |
| Date | 1939 |
| Language | English |
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