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I can never get used to the fact, though i know it, that women are born cynics. men have to learn cynicism. infant girls could teach it to them.
-Ursula K. Le Guin
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Ursula K. Le Guin
I can never get used to the fact, though i know it, that women are born cynics. men have to learn cynicism. infant girls could teach it to them.
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