Carolina QuotesNarration: But the universe wasn't really unfair, she thought, and her mouth quirked. It just didn't give much of a damn one way or the other.
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- The Short Victorious War (1994)
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- 1994
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“Narration: But the universe wasn't really unfair, she though…” David Weber. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-33D32A3ADF. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/33d32a3adf
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