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Housekeeping ~ by MARILYNNE ROBINSON ~ First Edition ~ 1st Printing 1980

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Housekeeping ~ by MARILYNNE ROBINSON ~ First Edition ~ 1st Printing 1980 Quotes

“What with the lake and the railroads, and what with blizzards and floods and barn fires and forest fires and the general availability of shotguns and bear traps and homemade liquor and dynamite, what with the prevalence of loneliness and religion and the rages and ecstasies they induce, and the closeness of families, violence was inevitable.”

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Book:Housekeeping ~ by MARILYNNE ROBINSON ~ First Edition ~ 1st Printing 1980
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“What with the lake and the railroads, and what with blizzards and floods and barn fires and forest fires and the general availability of shotguns and bear traps and homemade liquor and dynamite, what with the prevalence of lonliness and religion and the rages and ecstasies they induce, and the closeness of families, violence was inevitable.”

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Book:Housekeeping ~ by MARILYNNE ROBINSON ~ First Edition ~ 1st Printing 1980
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