It was too small a step, somehow, too puny a thing to settle for after having lost somuch. So the courtship continued, and the more Tom came todespise his job, the more stubbornly he defended his own inertia; and the more inert he became, the more he despised himself.
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- Author's profession: Author, Writer
- Nationality: american
- Born: February 3, 1947
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