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Do not look for revelations in the ancient ruins. You will find here only what you bring: bits of memory, wisps of the past as thin as clouds in the summer, fragments of stone that are carved with symbols that sometimes almost make sense.

— Pat Murphy The Falling Woman (1986)

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“Imaginary solutions work quite well, as long as you realize that problems are also imaginary.”

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“You’ve passed the first test of leadership. You’ve disagreed with me.”

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“Picture postcards never show the bugs,” I told her. “Stinging ants, wasps, fleas, roaches the size of your hand. Postcards never show the heat.”

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“Let it be. These things have a way of becoming clear over time,“ Gyro said. And then he shrugged. “Or not. In the end, it doesn’t really matter does it?”

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Metaphor is reality once removed.

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