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I can't abide people who go soft over animals and then cheat every human they come across!

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Diana Wynne Jones
Age: 76 †
Born: 1934
Born: August 16
Died: 2011
Died: March 26
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Diana Gwyneth Jones
Come
Abide
Every
Cheat
People
Soft
Animals
Across
Animal
Human
Humans

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