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Please understand my position. It is, and has always been, the policy of this House to operate on a cash basis; I'm sure you understand why—taxes, a necessary evil, but perhaps more evil than necessary.

— Ysabeau S. Wilce The Lineaments of Gratified Desire (2006)

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Source: The Lineaments of Gratified Desire (2006), reprinted in Rich Horton (ed.) Fantasy: The Best of the Year 2007, p. 179
Work: The Lineaments of Gratified Desire, 2006
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