Paolo BacigalupiYou couldn’t live close to war and not have it grab you eventually.
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When John Steinbeck wrote in "Of Mice and Men", “You couldn’t live close to war and not have it grab you eventually,” he was speaking about the way that war can claim even the most unsuspecting victims. He was saying that when you are around people who are in the thick of battle, you are indeed living close to war. That war will inevitably claim some unfortunate victim.
Source: The Drowned Cities
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