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63b5cc4
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Regardless of what I think about Islam or Wicca or any other religion, the fact is that it's a group of people. Every faith has its ceremonies. And since it's made up of people, every faith also has its assholes.
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religion
humor
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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8ae18cd
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Da. This is going very well already." Thomas barked out a laugh. "There are seven of us against the Red King and his thirteen most powerful nobles, and it's going well?" Mouse sneezed. "Eight," Thomas corrected himself. He rolled his eyes and said, "And the psycho death faerie makes it nine." "It is like movie," Sanya said, nodding. "Dibs on Legolas." "Are you kidding?" Thomas said. "I'm obviously Legolas. You're . . ." He squinted thoughtf..
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humor
mouse
leanansidhe
karrin-murphy
sanya
thomas-raith
molly-carpenter
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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232cd19
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Da. This is going very well already." Thomas barked out a laugh. "There are seven of us against the Red King and his thirteen most powerful nobles, and it's going well?" Mouse sneezed. "Eight," Thomas corrected himself. He rolled his eyes and said, "And the psycho death faerie makes it nine." "It is like movie," Sanya said, nodding. "Dibs on Legolas." "Are you kidding?" Thomas said. "I'm obviously Legolas. You're . . ." He squinted thoughtf..
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humor
mouse
leanansidhe
karrin-murphy
sanya
thomas-raith
molly-carpenter
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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b2b248c
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Love is another kind of power, which shouldn't surprise you. Magic comes from emotions, among other things. And when two people are together, in that intimacy, when they really, selflessly love each other it changes them both. It lingers on in the energy of their lives, even when they are apart.
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magic
love
thomas-raith
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Jim Butcher |
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9a618a4
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There's nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more . . . secure.
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harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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92d3b7d
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Think of every fairy-tale villainess you've ever heard of. Think of the wicked witches, the evil queens, the mad enchantresses. Think of the alluring sirens, the hungry ogresses, the savage she-beasts. Think of them and remember that somewhere, sometime, they've all been real. Mab gave them .
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fairy-tales
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Jim Butcher |
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281d776
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You rush a miracle worker, you get lousy miracles!
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humor
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Jim Butcher |
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c184705
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Polka will never die.
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Jim Butcher |
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2505204
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Nay, but prithee, with sprinkles 'pon it instead," I said solemnly, "and frosting of white."
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politeness
sweetness
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Jim Butcher |
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fd279d2
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Hope is a force of nature. Don't let anyone tell you different.
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hope
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Jim Butcher |
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f1d7161
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It isn't good to hold on too hard to the past. You can't spend your whole life looking back. Not even when you can't see what lies ahead. All you can do is keep on keeping on, and try to believe that tomorrow will be what it should be--even if it isn't what you expected.
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life
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Jim Butcher |
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7afe7b1
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Laughter is good for you. Nine out of ten stand-up comedians recommend laughter in the face of intense stupidity.
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laughter
humor
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Jim Butcher |
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606f130
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Heroism doesn't pay very well. I try to be cold-blooded and money-oriented, but I keep screwing it up.
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heroism
humor
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Jim Butcher |
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8b71476
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Oh," the girl said, shaking her head. "Don't be so simple. People adore monsters. They fill their songs and stories with them. They define themselves in relation to them. You know what a monster is, young shade? Power. Power and choice. Monsters make choices. Monsters shape the world. Monsters force us to become stronger, smarter, better. They sift the weak from the strong and provide a forge for the steeling of souls. Even as we curse mons..
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monsters
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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0767969
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Loneliness is a hard thing to handle. I feel it, sometimes. When I do, I want it to end. Sometimes, when you're near someone, when you touch them on some level that is deeper than the uselessly structured formality of casual civilized interaction, there's a sense of satisfaction in it. Or at least, there is for me. It doesn't have to be someone particularly nice. You don't have to like them. You don't even have to want to work with them. Yo..
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loneliness
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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10458b1
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If you can't stop the bad thoughts from coming to visit, at least you can make fun of them while they're hanging around.
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Jim Butcher |
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61f055f
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I know it's not thematically in tune with my new job and all, but I find it effective. Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day," I say. "But set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life. Tao of Pratchett. I live by it."
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terry-pratchett
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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40be7ab
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Wizards and computers get along about as well as flamethrowers and libraries.
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libraries
technophobes
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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8b5b625
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Fear is a part of life. It's a warning mechanism. That's all. It tells you when there's danger around. Its job is to help you survive. Not cripple you into being unable to do it.
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survival
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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ce6ccc7
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Even in winter, the cold isn't always bitter, and not every day is cruel.
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dresden-files
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Jim Butcher |
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d69b9ff
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See? This is why I'm not religious. I couldn't possibly keep my mouth shut long enough to get along with everyone else.
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religion
humor
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Jim Butcher |
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d772ff6
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I don't want to live in a world where the strong rule and the weak cower. I'd rather make a place where things are a little quieter. Where trolls stay the hell under their bridges and where elves don't come swooping out to snatch children from their cradles. Where vampires respect the limits, and where the faeries mind their p's and q's. My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. When things get strange..
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hope
life
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Jim Butcher |
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a87cc7e
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Punctuality is for people with nothing better to do
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Jim Butcher |
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e19a7a4
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People love dogs. You can never go wrong adding a dog to the story.
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Jim Butcher |
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ef7c513
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Knowledge is the ultimate weapon. It always has been.
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knowledge
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Jim Butcher |
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08439ff
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She frowned at me. "You need some rest. You look like hell. And you're obviously tired enough to have gotten the giggles." Wizards don't giggle," I said, hardly able to speak. "This is cackling."
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humor
karrin-murphy
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Jim Butcher |
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156dee5
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Likest thou jelly within thy doughnut?
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Jim Butcher |
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b213e7a
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Harry," Bob drawled, his eye lights flickering smugly, "what you know about women, I could juggle."
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women
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Jim Butcher |
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d0203dc
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Age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good.
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Jim Butcher |
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190944e
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A technicality I'm prepared to hide wildly behind.
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Jim Butcher |
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3c45816
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Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.
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life
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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3cb5432
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No one is an unjust villain in his own mind. Even - perhaps even - those who are the worst of us. Some of the cruelest tyrants in history were motivated by noble ideals, or made choices that they would call 'hard but necessary steps' for the good of their nation. We're all the hero of our own story.
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heroism
tyranny
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Jim Butcher |
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a9dee4a
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Nobody can be bad at everything. There's no such thing as a perfect screwup.
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humor
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Jim Butcher |
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b3f5041
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I don't know about your true form, but the weight of your ego sure is pushing the crust of the earth toward the breaking point.
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humor
ferro
sarcasm
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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4eb5af5
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Hell's bells, irony blows.
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irony
humor
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Jim Butcher |
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fb8ff8f
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If you make some comment even obliquely alluding to menstruation or menopause and its effect on my judgment," Murphy interrupted, "I will break your arm in eleven places."
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humor
karrin-murphy
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Jim Butcher |
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3f8ddca
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There's a fine line between audacity and idiocy.
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idiocy
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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2e1f017
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Murphy hung up and I said, to the still-open line, "Hey, if you've got someone watching my place, could you call the cops if anyone tries to steal my Star Wars poster? It's an original." Then I vindictively hung up on the FBI. It made my inner child happy."
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humor
karrin-murphy
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Jim Butcher |
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fb15d74
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Harry Dresden. Saving the world, one act of random destruction at a time.
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heroism
humor
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Jim Butcher |
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67710f7
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I've never lost a duel to the death. Not one.
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Jim Butcher |
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b071534
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They say you can know a man by his enemies, Dresden." He smiled, and laughter lurked beneath his next words, never quite surfacing. "You defy beings that should cow you into silence. You resist forces that are inevitable for no more reason than that you believe they should be resisted. You bow your head to neither demons nor angels, and you put yourself in harm's way to defend those who cannot defend themselves." He nodded slowly. "I think ..
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humor
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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22b3e98
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The human mind isn't a terribly logical or consistent place. Most people, given the choice to face a hideous or terrifying truth or to conveniently avoid it, choose the convenience and peace of normality. That doesn't make them strong or weak people, or good or bad people. It just makes them people.
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people
humanity
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Jim Butcher |
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495b526
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I've had a tense couple of days. And I've got to tell you, burning someone's face off sounds like a great way to relax.
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humor
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Jim Butcher |
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a37b6a5
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My hair had grown out long and shaggy--not in that sexy-young-rock-star kind of way but in that time-to-take-Rover-to-the-groomer kind of way.
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messy
shaggy
sloppy
haircut
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Jim Butcher |