Still, Claire hated Charlotte Brontë's comment that she would have given all her talent to be beautiful. That condemned you always to play somebody else's game-and, when your looks failed-finally to lose. (Gregory Benford)

Still, Claire hated Charlotte Brontë's comment that she would have given all her talent to be beautiful. That condemned you always to play somebody else's game-and, when your looks failed-finally to lose.

Gregory Benford

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