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Poets speak of hope in ladies smiles, but give me a smirk any day, I say.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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Lois McMaster Bujold
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 2
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Columbus
Ohio
Ladies
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Hope
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Smirk
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Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards.
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I'm sorry. I can love you. I can grieve for you, or with you. I can share your pain. But I cannot judge you.
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I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.
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