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If she was broken, she would slash him with her jagged edges, reckless as a drunkard with a shattered bottle.

Diana Gabaldon

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Diana Gabaldon
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 11
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Williams
Arizona
Diana J. Gabaldon Perez
Bottles
Edges
Jagged
Broken
Drunkard
Would
Slash
Drunkards
Shattered
Reckless
Bottle

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