No, but a cello is the ...

No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully.
 Elizabeth Moon

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Having a mother who had been an aeronautical engineer convinced me that more things should be open to women.
 Elizabeth Moon
Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind.
 Elizabeth Moon
Motivation is the power behind plot.
 Elizabeth Moon
Empress of the Universe would be way too much work. I'd have to wear fancy clothes, probably including lady shoes with pointed toes, and could no longer slouch into the study in PJs and slippers. Someone would (avert!) straighten my desk. Someone would reorganize my yarn stash...in fact, they'd assign someone else to knit my socks, thus depriving me of an excuse to rest my brain while pretending to accomplish something useful.
 Elizabeth Moon