It would please me your not being obsequious. That is a tra… - Tad Williams

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It would please me your not being obsequious. That is a trait of marketplace people who are selling shoddy goods. I am sure to prefer endless, stupid questions to that."
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"Obsequious. Flattering with oiliness. It is not liked by me. In Yiqanuc we say: 'Send the man with the oily tongue to go and lick the snowshoes.'

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Tad Williams (born 1957) is an American science fiction and fantasy author.

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