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Sympathy can be addictive and can kill strong men as surely as a diet of nothing but sugar.

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
Nothing
Addictive
Men
Diet
Diets
Sugar
Sympathy
Surely
Kill
Strong

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