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“Yours is a race of pawns,” Tzadkiel told me. “You move forward only, unless we move you back to begin the game again. But not all the pieces on the board are pawns.”

— Gene Wolfe The Book of the New Sun (1980)

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Experience is a wonderful teacher, but one whose lessons come too late.

The Book of the Short Sun (1999)

Paradoxes explain everything. Since they do, they cannot be explained.

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An exaggerated and solemn respect always indicates a loss of faith.

As you intend to live hereafter, it is in your power to live here.

The Book of the Long Sun (1993)

There are people who love birds so much they free them. There are others who love them so much they cage them.

The Book of the Long Sun (1993)

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