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“You heard of Mary Jane?” Root asks. Shaftoe—role model, leader of men—stifles the impulse to say, Heard of her? I’ve fucked her!” quote by Neal Stephenson — Download Open image

““You heard of Mary Jane?” Root asks. Shaftoe—role model, leader of men—stifles the impulse to say, Heard of her? I’ve fucked her!””

Neal Stephenson

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