“I have discovered something else, Throsset of Dowes. And that is that men give women jewels when they have absolutely no idea what might please them and are not willing to take time to think about it.”

— Sheri S. Tepper

Source: The True Game, The Search of Mavin Manyshaped (1985), Chapter 9 (p. 165)

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