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Fencing isn't really fighting. It's more like chess with the risk of puncture wounds

Lisa Kleypas

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Lisa Kleypas
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 5
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Novelist
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Temple
Texas
Lisa Kleypas Ellis
Fighting
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Like
Puncture
Fencing
Wounds
Chess
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