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Adversity does teach who your real friends are.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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Lois McMaster Bujold
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 2
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Columbus
Ohio
Real
Adversity
Friendship
Teach
Friends
Doe

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