“Malcolm had forgotten how very young eighteen was, with its mixture of invincible assuredness, fragile emotions, and the desperate need to be taken seriously—even when caught in complete ignorance.”

— Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Time Scout (1995), Chapter 14 (p. 286)

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