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What's better, I wonder - to be a toy for the humans, or to control your own destiny , even if the only way to do so is suicide?

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Rachel Cohn
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: December 14
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Silver Spring
Maryland
Way
Toys
Suicide
Destiny
Control
Wonder
Better
Humans
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