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Honesty is the only way with anyone, when you'll be so close as to be living inside each other's skins.
Lois McMaster Bujold
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Lois McMaster Bujold
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 2
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Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards.
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I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow is the higher achievement.
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