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“Well!” Artair stepped closer, a slice of brief sunlight from the opposite window glinting off the gold banding inset in his armor. “Good, because marriage never made anyone happy who wasn’t already.”
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― Northanger Abbey
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― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
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― I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!
― I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!
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― Emma
― Emma
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