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It isn't wise to be rude to one's mother. She knows everything about your childhood that is potentially embarassing.

Mercedes Lackey

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Mercedes Lackey
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: June 24
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Short Story Writer
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Mercedes Ritchie Lackey
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Childhood
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Mother
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If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.
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Nevertheless, now that I have met you, I know that all that I am, and all that I have, could not match what you are worth.
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