“For instance: consider the greatest riddle of all—what you should do with your one brief life? The answer is different for each person. There is no neat answer, though many have tried to offer one. There are no answers to being alive. There are only strong pieces of advice.” “Such as?” said Irian. “The wisdom of a sphinx would be worth hearing.” The sphinx swept her eyes over them. “For example”—and she looked at Christopher, at Mal—“stop expecting life to get easier. It never does; that is not where its goodness lies. Or”—and she looked at Irian, at Nighthand—“do not wait for people to be
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