"Not safe?" I asked, all innocence. "Surely it isn't illega… - Ann Leckie

"Not safe?" I asked, all innocence. "Surely it isn't illegal here to complain about young people these days? How cruel. I had thought it a basic part of human nature, one of the few universally practiced human customs."

Ann Leckie

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Ann Leckie (born March 2, 1966) is an American author and editor of science fiction and fantasy.

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