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“The emotional health of a village depended upon having a man whom everyone loved to hate, and Heaven had blessed us with two of them.”
― Bridge of Birds
― Bridge of Birds
“Error can point the way to truth, while empty-headedness can only lead to more empty-headedness or to a career in politics.”
― 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
“The supernatural can be very annoying until one finds the key that transforms it into science," he observed mildly... "Come on, Ox, let's go out and get killed.”
― Bridge of Birds
― Bridge of Birds
“Fable has strong shoulders that carry far more truth than fact can.”
― Bridge of Birds
― Bridge of Birds
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