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[cyrano]

Number Ten Ox, why do you weep? The Princess of Birds has vowed to remember you throughout eternity, and by now you should know that men cannot come any closer to immortality without going insane.

--Bridge of Birds, Barry Hughart

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[ophymirage.livejournal.com]

"And then I will be wise?"

"Better than that," Master Li answered, "You will be Chinese."

Now I'm craving those books again... and I just re-read them...