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“What’s a simurgh?”
“A member of the winged species avian simurghi,” sniffed the simurgh. “Easy to identify because of his gorgeous plumage, ready wit, intelligent conversation, amiable disposition, and fabulous abilities.”

— Lin Carter The Wizard of Zao (1978)

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Mere abstention from a life of evil does not constitute a life devoted to good works.

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The past has lost, as it always loses; the future has won, as it always wins.

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Lux forced grief from his mind, thinking grimly of revenge.

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Love, it seems, has its own arguments which are so potent that cool Reason can seldom, if ever, prevail.

“If one doesn’t learn from one’s unhappy experiences,” he wisely observed, “what’s the point of all that suffering?”

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