““Most of my business comes from picking up the pieces when people get things wrong.” She grinned. “I’ll never lack for work.””

— Jack McDevitt , book Ancient Shores

Source: Ancient Shores (1996), Chapter 10 (p. 99)

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American novelist, Short story writer 1935

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