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Now you must excuse your Raja for he must suffer to give audience to the prince of Punt, a pompous old fool, who believes that his frequent flatulencies are the echoes of the Gods applauding his non sequiturs.
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Wenda's chest and hips shrank, her shoulders and arms turned muscular and her body became lean and hard where it had been rounded and soft. The hair of her head shortened drastically, and a mustache sprouted on her upper lip. Her delicate human feet had become hard hooves. She was now not a nymph but a faun. Physically; she would never be male in spirit.
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reversal
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Hell hath little fury like that of a critic who sees a writer make it big.
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Not any more. Not according to Glory Goblin or Brontes the Cyclops. Imbri merely confirms that Hugo has perfected his talent, and is now a good deal smarter and handsomer than before. A woman has to be responsible.
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William Henley put it: It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.
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I think that man was half-right. He is better off out of the game - but the game may not be better off without him. A man should not exist for himself alone. Life made an investment in him, and that investment was not paid off.
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Piers Anthony |
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It was said that familiarity bred contempt, but surely ignorance bred error.
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Piers Anthony |
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All true art stems from the depths of the unconscious mind.
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Piers Anthony |
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Good intentions were not enough; they had to be rationally implemented.
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Piers Anthony |
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God created the earth but the Devil evolved it.
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Piers Anthony |
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But I have so much to learn!" Zane cried plaintively. "Then get to it, Death," she said, closing the door behind her."
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Piers Anthony |
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Dor wondered whether, if he should ever happen to be a ghost for eight hundred years, zombies might begin to look good to him. He doubted it.
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Piers Anthony |
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facile
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Piers Anthony |
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prevaricate.
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Piers Anthony |
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sinecure
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Piers Anthony |
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extirpated.
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Piers Anthony |
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eclectic
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Piers Anthony |
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incongruous
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Piers Anthony |
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The man glanced up. "Hello. Tweeter tells me you're Kody, a fellow Mundanian, newly arrived, and you want to compare notes." "Uh, yes, in essence," Kody agreed, taken aback. All that from one tweet? Well, maybe it did fit within 140 characters."
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Piers Anthony |
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For an instant Stile was daunted by the improbability of it all: a man, a cyborg, a robot, an animalhead, and a wooden golem, all riding unicorns through a battlefield strewn with goblins and dragons, pursuing an invaluable ball of power-rock that rolled along a channel cleared by plastic explosive. What a mishmash!
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humor
magic
science
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Piers Anthony |
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superciliously.
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Piers Anthony |
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Only in Xanth would parents see a dragon looming over their children and depart with confidence.
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humor
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Piers Anthony |
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there was nothing but mutual mischief.
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Piers Anthony |
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nadir.
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Piers Anthony |
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The Magician charges a year's service. You--would not want to pay." The Good Magician was male, and Wynne had only one obvious coin. No one would be interested in her mind." --
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Piers Anthony |
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Grief is not necessarily any prettier than death, and the grief-stricken do not wander like lambs grateful for the shepherd's guidance. They can be more like wounded wolves, snapping at those who would help them.
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grief
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Piers Anthony |
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What splendor nature proffered to the eye of any man who had half the wit to appreciate it!
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Piers Anthony |
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Brevity did not mean inconsequence...
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Piers Anthony |
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But the centaurs ran the wrong way, back toward
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