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A boy may be as disagreeable as he pleases, but when a girl refuses to crap sunshine on command, the world mutters darkly about her moods.

Scott Lynch

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Scott Lynch
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: April 2
Author
Novelist
Writer
St Paul
Minnesota
World
Sunshine
Command
Mutters
Mood
Darkly
Refuse
Moods
Please
Refuses
Boys
Pleases
Girl
Disagreeable
May
Crap

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