I hadn’t gone into the subject of dorm living too deeply wi… - Alexei Panshin

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I hadn’t gone into the subject of dorm living too deeply with him, not because I hesitated to probe his tender spots but because I would have been probing my own. This is called tact, and is reputed to be a virtue.

Alexei Panshin

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Alexis Adams Panshin (August 14, 1940 – August 21, 2022) was an American author and science fiction critic.

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