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A man who fights you as he does is no better than an opportunist and no worse than a thug.

Kristin Cashore

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Kristin Cashore
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: June 10
Novelist
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Opportunist
Thug
Fights
Worse
Fighting
Doe
Better
Men

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