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"Is human nature to believe that other places and other times are better than the here and now."
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"I must look at the 'nature' of God, not the 'nature' of the challenge. For the former means everything and the latter means nothing."
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"And are you going to explain why you consider competing with me to be the most sincere form of compliment? "Of course I am, Lightsong said. "My dear, have you ever known me to make an inflammatorily ridiculous statement without providing an equally ridiculous explanation to substantiate it? "Of course not, she agreed. "You are nothing if not exhaustive in your self-congratulatory made-up logic. "I am rather exceptional in that regard."
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