Aylee
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Tests are a gift. And great tests are a great gift. To fail the test is a misfortune. But to refuse the test is to refuse the gift, and something worse, more irrevocable, than misfortune. "Shards of Honor", 1986, Lois McMaster Bujold "The Puppet Masters" (1951) Listen, son. Most women are damn fools and children. But they've got more range then we've got. The brave ones are braver, the good ones are better — and the vile ones are viler, for that matter. The "Old Man" to "Sam", when discussing "Mary", chapter 11 Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon... alt.fan.pratchett (30 May 1998) Sooooooo. . . pbm. . . . What are your favorite 3 authors?
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