The Bird King
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God bless the man who first taught the world how to cure olives. He and the man who invented cheese are two unsung pillars of civilization.” “They were probably women,” muttered Fatima, fanning her face with the sleeve of her robe. “If they were men, we would remember their names.”
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The author of the poem is silent, the author of the world is silent. We are left with no intentions but our own.”
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Nothing is so frightening or evil that it doesn’t come from the same thing that made the stars.”
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“I’m not certain of anything now. I don’t love God as much as Hassan does, nor any living person as much as you love Hassan.