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Like is an emotion. Emotions”—he raised a hand, made a fist, clenched it tightly—“are like holding water. You open your hand, there’s nothing there. Better to be a weapon than a woman.

Karen Marie Moning

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Karen Marie Moning
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: November 1
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Like
Hand
Fist
Open
Fists
Water
Weapon
Woman
Holding
Hands
Emotions
Better
Raised
Nothing
Weapons
Clenched
Made
Emotion
Tightly

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