Carolina QuotesIt's plain that if I married you for brains I was plumb cheated.
Orson Scott Card Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Chapter 7.
- work
- Seventh Son (1987)
- year
- 1987
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“It's plain that if I married you for brains I was plumb chea…” Orson Scott Card. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-8D010608CE. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/8d010608ce
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