Cross a man and you struggle, one of you wins, you adjust and go on

Gregory Maguire
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Cross a man and you struggle, one of you wins, you adjust and go on - or you lie there dead. Cross a woman and the universe is changed, once again, for cold anger requires an eternal vigilance in all matters of slight and offense ✨ Gregory Maguire (2011). Wicked, p.310, Hachette UK
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Cross a man and you struggle, one of you wins, you adjust and go on - or you lie there dead. Cross a woman and the universe is changed, once again, for cold anger requires an eternal vigilance in all matters of slight and offense ✨ Gregory Maguire (2011). Wicked, p.310, Hachette UK

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