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You might be able to thrash your way out of a spiderweb, but thrashing in quicksand doesn’t work. The harder you fight, the more ground you lose. Struggling merely expedites your inevitable defeat.

Karen Marie Moning

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Karen Marie Moning
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 1
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Might
Harder
Thrashing
Work
Fight
Thrash
Way
Lose
Quicksand
Loses
Struggling
Struggle
Inevitable
Fighting
Defeat
Doesn
Ground
Able
Merely

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