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Twisted and perverse are the ways of the human mind, Jane intoned. Pinocchio was such a dolt to try to become a real boy. He was much better off with a wooden head.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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