Once you’ve read too many trashy best-sellers, you begin to look for something with substance, something that attempts to define the universe.

Jessica Zafra
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Once you read too many trashy best-sellers, you begin to look for something with substance, something that attempts to define the universe.

Source: Womenagerie And Other Tales From The Front

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