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Don-t-look-back-in-anger Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

“And Lot’s wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human. She was turned to a pillar of salt. So it goes. People aren’t supposed to look back. I’m certainly not going to do it…” quote by Kurt Vonnegut — Download Open image

““And Lot’s wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human. She was turned to a pillar of salt. So it goes. People aren’t supposed to look back. I’m certainly not going to do it anymore.””

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