“"Forgive my body!" she said. She put her arms out to me, the tears flowing down her cheeks. "Think of my soul!" she said. "My soul is so beautiful, it can bring you so much! It is not ugly like my flesh!"”

—  John Fante , book Ask the Dust

Ask the Dust (1939)

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1909–1983; American novelist, short story writer and screen… 1909–1983

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