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And stop thinking you’re the superior ones! You’re just another drop in our gene pool! We’re all descended from peoples who thought they were kings and gods and who found themselves to be almost nothing at all in the end. Don’t let that be you.

— Karen Lord The Best of All Possible Worlds (2013)

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Ansige’s outer appearance could be deceptive, but, given enough time, he let everyone know who and what he was.

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The ability to know another’s mind does not preclude the likelihood of misunderstanding it.

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Ansige unreeled the tale of his tribulations, thoroughly ransacking the truth and then dipping into the bag of embellishment and sprinkling with a free hand.

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One of the advantages of having languages as a hobby is that it can take you quite a while to run out of swear words.

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