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“Blessed are the idiots, for they are happiest people on earth.”
― Bridge of Birds
― Bridge of Birds
“...Men cannot come any closer to immortality without going insane.”
― Bridge of Birds
― Bridge of Birds
“O great and mighty Master Li, pray impart to me the Secret of Wisdom!" he bawled.
"Take a large bowl," I said. "Fill it with equal measures of fact, fantasy, history, mythology, science, superstition, logic, and lunacy. Darken the mixture with bitter tears, brighten it with howls of laughter, toss in three thousand years of civilization, bellow kan pei — which means 'dry cup' — and drink to the dregs."
Procopius stared at me. "And I will be wise?" he asked.
"Better," I said. "You will be Chinese.”
― Bridge of Birds
"Take a large bowl," I said. "Fill it with equal measures of fact, fantasy, history, mythology, science, superstition, logic, and lunacy. Darken the mixture with bitter tears, brighten it with howls of laughter, toss in three thousand years of civilization, bellow kan pei — which means 'dry cup' — and drink to the dregs."
Procopius stared at me. "And I will be wise?" he asked.
"Better," I said. "You will be Chinese.”
― Bridge of Birds
“Immortality is only for the gods," he whispered. "I wonder how they can stand it.”
― Bridge of Birds
― Bridge of Birds
“...the problem with poetic justice is that it never knows when to stop.”
― Bridge of Birds
― Bridge of Birds
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