Source: After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away
“But has it occurred to you that there might be a reason for that?”
“I can think of several.” I cross my legs. “Mostly ranging from the inane to the criminally irresponsible.”
Source: The Laundry Files, The Rhesus Chart (2014), Chapter 11, “Boardrooms and Brokers” (p. 210)
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