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“People always talk about good, fresh country air, but I kept getting wiffs of something that was neither good nor fresh but definitely country.” quote by Vivian Vande Velde — Download Open image

“People always talk about good, fresh country air, but I kept getting wiffs of something that was neither good nor fresh but definitely country.”

Vivian Vande Velde

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There, close enough to spit on--if I'd been a barbarian and inclined to spit--was the dragon.

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