Tak! quoted Unnatural Magic by C. M. Waggoner
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In an hour we drank half a bottle of gin, smoked three cigarettes, broke a man’s nose, and secured paying employment. An hour well spent.
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In an hour we drank half a bottle of gin, smoked three cigarettes, broke a man’s nose, and secured paying employment. An hour well spent.
It was wonderful what one could accomplish when one threw everything away.
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He tried to sing a bit, but stopped at once: he sounded less like a man laughing in the face of danger and more like someone lying alone with a broken ankle on a godforsaken ice-covered mountaintop.
She simply studied out of a deep and abiding faith instilled in her by her parents, by Mr. Heisst, and by every ounce of experience she had gained in her short life so far: that all problems could be solved with hard work, a pleasant smile, and advanced mathematics.
Onna Gebowa had always liked numbers.
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Jesus, you turn into one dinosaur and suddenly you're a tough guy.
It had seemed cute at the time, but now that I had my embarrassment broadcast in glowing light, I found I did not care for it.
I wanted escapism on a higher level than online fantasy games could give me.
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I was standing on a stranger’s doorstep and wishing my feet were nailed to the ground.
I didn’t want to think about it, but there were so many things now that I didn’t want to think about that they were fighting and jostling for position in the back of my head.
My internet armor had been built up in the fanfic battlegrounds and was thus impenetrable
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