If men do not keep on speaking terms with children, they ce… - John Updike

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If men do not keep on speaking terms with children, they cease to be men, and become merely machines for eating and for earning money.

John Updike

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John Hoyer Updike (18 March 1932 – 27 January 2009) was an American novelist, poet, critic and short-story writer.

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