"The simple act of opening a bottle of wine has brought more happiness to the human race than all the collective governments in the history of earth"
"Nothing on my trip thus far was as I expected which shows you that rather than simply read about the United States you have to log the journey."
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Source: Jim Harrison (2009). “The English Major: A Novel”, p.179, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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