Carolina QuotesJust because the only way you can maintain control over your bodily passions is to sit straight in your chair, knees together, hands delicately arranged in our lap, fingers tightly intertwined, does not mean that I am required to do the same.
Orson Scott Card Connected to the Carolinas
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Chapter 13.
- work
- Seventh Son (1987)
- year
- 1987
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