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Average, but enjoyableIt's not that there aren't great stories in here. There are. But there is enough that didn't work for me. Whether by author style or story quality, about a third fell flat on me. ...more "
Through long and bitter experience, Rajasinghe had learned never to trust first impressions, but also never to ignore them.
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“A debt-free bachelor's degree is, as it turns out, priceless: As Jane Austen puts it, it sets you up forever. My friends were still paying off their school loans in their forties. I never had any school debt at all. Because I had no debt, I could choose my life, and choose my adventure.”
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