“I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.” – Orson Scott Card
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"I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration." – Orson Scott Card
"I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration." – Orson Scott Card
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