A Quote by John Updike

Of plants tomatoes seemed the most human, eager and fragile and prone to rot.

John Updike

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Eager Fragile Human Most Plants Prone Rot Seemed Tomatoes

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John Updike
American - Novelist
March 18, 1932 - January 27, 2009

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Jane Goodall

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