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Section 3, Chapter 12, p. 244

You know that prudery is only the other side of prurience. The words are even on the same page in the dictionary.

— Isaac Asimov

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Isaac Asimov

About Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov (c. 2 January 1920 – 6 April 1992) was a Russian-born American biochemist who was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, his works include the Foundation series and I, Robot.