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Paolo Bacigalupi
“Killing isn't free. It takes something out of you every time you do it. You get their life; they get a piece of your soul. It's always a trade.”
― Paolo Bacigalupi, Ship Breaker
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Biography, Business, Cookbooks, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Philosophy, Science, Science fiction, and Travel


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