Filidor marveled at the intransigence of adolescence, not r… - Matt Hughes

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Filidor marveled at the intransigence of adolescence, not remembering that he had possessed an abundance of the same quality not many years since.

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Matthew Hughes (born 1949) is a Canadian author who writes science fiction under the name Matthew Hughes, crime fiction as Matt Hughes and media tie-ins as Hugh Matthews.

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Filidor marveled at the intransigence of adolescence, not remembering that he had possessed an abundance of the same quality not many years since. - Matt Hughes

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