Ignorance was just as dynamic as knowledge, and it grew in the same proportion.
("Cutting for Stone")
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The crookedness of the serpent is still straight enough to slide through the snake hole.
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When you win, you often lose, that's just a fact.
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When you win, you often lose, that's just a fact. There's no currency to straighten a warped spirit, or open a closed heart, a selfish heart...
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When he recalls it in later years, he will wonder if he is distorting it, embellishing it, because each time he consciously recalls her, that forms a new memory, a new imprint to be stacked on top of the previous one. He fears that too much handling will make it crumble.
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