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      "text": "She could be—he hoped would be—what he had always lacked: a center to the map of his life, that one, necessary fixed point from which he could navigate out into the world and by which he could always find his way back home again.",
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      "text": "The commerciants of Olkney were renowned for their egalitarian spirit, judging rich and poor alike solely by the weight of their purses.",
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      "text": "“We are all used, all users. With luck, the final tally approximates a balance in our favor. But I think you are one of those who calls the proverbial glass half empty, while I prefer to call it half full.”\n\n“No,” said Filidor, “in truth, I have never given these matters much thought. I am one who quaffs the glass empty and calls for it to be refilled.”",
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      "text": "Things are as they were meant to be.\n\n“But it was arranged so by you and me.”\n\nThen we are instruments of fate.\n\n“Knowing instruments,” said Filidor.\n\nHow does that make a difference?",
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      "text": "Filidor marveled at the intransigence of adolescence, not remembering that he had possessed an abundance of the same quality not many years since.",
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