"That optimist of yours is always ready to turn hell's backyard into a play-ground."
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"That optimist of yours is always ready to turn hell's backyard into a play-ground."
"All I'd have to do then was roll with the consequences of inviting dewinged, fanged fairies into Trent's backyard. God, they were savage looking. Served him right."