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He could have assigned this part of the job to another, but it was not in his conception of his duties to do so. The shorter the chain, the less chance for a broken link.

— Michael Kurland Ten Little Wizards (1988)

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He takes every change that has taken place over the past two hundred years as a personal affront.

A Study in Sorcery (1989)

It’s what a man thinks is true which controls his actions, not what is really true.

Tomorrow Knight (1976)

The pleasure of receiving an accolade is somewhat diluted by the problem of living up to it.

A Study in Sorcery (1989)

“‘Be not the first by whom the new is tried,’ as that poet fellow said, ‘Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.’”

Ten Little Wizards (1988)

There’s more leg room in first class, to be sure, but there’s more poetry in second class—and more honesty in third.

Ten Little Wizards (1988)

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