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“Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them.” quote by Iain Banks — Download Open image

“Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them.”

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