Unable to see, they were briefly seized by the characteristic Prague anxiety of never finding the entrance--of arriving at one's goal but remaining blocked from it by a wall or a stone on account of having overlooked an alley or medieval door a few dozen yards back, which has served as the approach so immemorially that no one any longer marked or described it. Caleb Crain
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  1. But what are they?” Annie asked.“ An omphalos, probably, ” said Jacob.“A what, dear?” Melinda asked.“ A bellybutton of the world.”“ I didn’t know it had one.

  2. — I’m going to be a writer, he reminded Milo.— And you won’t need literature?— I’ll write my own.

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