Orson Scott Card Quotes

La Tia was fearless, but that could mean either that she had no guile or that she had no conscience.

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• La Tia was fearless, but that could mean either that she had no guile or that she had no conscience.

  

  Orson Scott Card
  • She
  • Fearless