One nice thing about putting the thing away for a couple of months before looking at it is that you start appreciate your own wit.
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There is a similarity, if I may be permitted an excursion into tenuous metaphor, between the feel of a chilly breeze and the feel of a knife's blade, as either is laid across the back of the neck. I can call up memories of both, if I work at it. The chilly breeze is invariably going to be the more pleasant memory.Steven Brust
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No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will cramp his style.
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