Chapter 15 (pp. 68-69)
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“I don’t get the Kina story. If she died back at the beginning of the world, how could she be giving us trouble for the last twenty or thirty years?”
“It’s religion, dimwit,” Goblin barked. “It don’t got to make sense.”
— Glen Cook
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“It’s religion, dimwit,” Goblin barked. “It don’t got to make sense.”" in the context of "Chapter 15 (pp. 68-69)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Glen Cook
Glen Charles Cook (born July 9, 1944) is a contemporary American science fiction and fantasy writer, best known for The Black Company and Garrett P.I. fantasy series.
About Glen Cook
Glen Charles Cook (born July 9, 1944) is a contemporary American science fiction and fantasy writer, best known for The Black Company and Garrett P.I. fantasy series.
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