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I shan't ever understand your willingness to lie down and die, Felicity bars. If you won't at least try to fight, I have no sympathy for you.

Libba Bray

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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
Novelist
Writer
Texas
United States
Ever
Willingness
Trying
Bars
Fight
Least
Dies
Shan
Fighting
Lying
Felicity
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Sympathy

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