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Dreams of success often get in the way of actual success.Felix Long
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Writers are highly resistant to reality. Just as well or the human condition would go undocumented.Felix Long
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A jewelled garden the envy of Aladdin's cave spilled across the courtyard.Felix Long
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Jin looked both ways for the Quicksilver Dragon before crossing the canal.Felix Long
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The two old men were as still as the stone bench on which they sat, as though their lengthy communion with the element had turned them into statues.Felix Long
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His shout was a syllable so ancient and powerful that Saffiyah's mind instantly censored it.Felix Long
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How is something authorised as 'feng shui compliant' he wondered. Is there a Chinese Ministry of Magic?Felix Long
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The two seasons; deepest winter from above and nascent spring from below, created a juxtaposition that drew the scene into the land of legend sitting only a heartbeat away behind a translucent river of time.Felix Long