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I found that the rich whom I’d envied dreamed of greater riches, and that power came not from obeying the law but from not getting caught.

— Jack L. Chalker Midnight at the Well of Souls (1977)

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And, of course, men have just as many problems and hang-ups as women. The grass isn’t greener, just different.

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