Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Prentice Alvin (1989), Chapter 10.
“Peggy chose her words to be true, and therefore beautiful, and therefore good.”
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Prentice Alvin (1989), Chapter 10.
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