“… maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly all the time, is having to accept it.”

Act 2, sc. 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=EBMFAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Maybe+the+only+thing+worse+than+having+to+give+gratitude+constantly%22+%22is+having+to+accept+it%22&pg=PA155#v=onepage
Requiem for a Nun (1951)

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American writer 1897–1962

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