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One should do what one is best at on as large a scale as possible.

Gail Carriger

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Gail Carriger
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: May 4
Archaeologist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Bolinas
California
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I never gossip. I observe. And then relay my observations to practically everyone.
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You are about as covert as a sledgehammer.
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...you have been fraternizing with warewolves overmuch! Military men can be terribly bad for one's verbal concatenation!
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She moved with such purpose it was as though she walked with exclamation marks.
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