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Gene Wolfe - It will come as no surprise to those of...
It will come as no surprise to those of you in the book trade when I say that although books do not cause cancer, books in general do not sell as well as cigarettes. (Gene Wolfe)

It will come as no surprise to those of you in the book trade when I say that although books do not cause cancer, books in general do not sell as well as cigarettes.

Gene Wolfe

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