Utterly bleak and black is not the sum of realism. All the other colors are real, too.
Lois McMaster BujoldThis is important! But you have to stay absolutely cool. I may be completely off-base, and panicking prematurely." "I don't think so. I think you're panicking post-maturely. In fact, if you were panicking any later it would be practically posthumously. I've been panicking for days.
Lois McMaster BujoldWhen you canโt do something truly useful, you tend to vent the pent up energy in something useless but available, like snappy dressing.
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