“But—as Kit and Sven had been so fond of saying—the Universe didn’t give beans for “fair.” It simply was. You got it right or paid the price.”

— Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Time Scout (1995), Chapter 17 (p. 364)

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American science fiction and fantasy author 1946–2008

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