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Men have feelings too, you know. You bruise the petals of my manflower.
Libba Bray
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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
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Texas
United States
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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.
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This is the world we live in, Gemma, for better or for worse. Make of it what you can, he says, and I pull him to me.
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They swoon over Tom, who preens for them, bowing, which sets them to blushing and giggling. God help us all.
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