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"Hoyland is a careful academic and a measured writer (not that I don't enjoy a good polemic from time to time). Really enjoying this so far." — Jun 21, 2022 01:45AM
"Hoyland is a careful academic and a measured writer (not that I don't enjoy a good polemic from time to time). Really enjoying this so far." — Jun 21, 2022 01:45AM


“And, most precious of all, you will have Time—that rare and lovely gift that your Western countries have lost the more they have pursued it.”
― Lost Horizon
― Lost Horizon

“That little spark of life, if I should do my duty, should be fanned into a flame, whose light should blaze across the world, and bless, and brighten it.”
― Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
― Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
“There’s always a little truth behind every ‘just kidding’. A little knowledge behind every ‘I don’t know’. A little emotion behind every ‘I don’t care’. And a little pain behind every ‘it’s okay’.”
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“Marmaduke's theory was that, as he couldn't understand Christianity, it was safe to premise that people whose religion was a mixture of degraded Buddhism and devilworship couldn't understand it either. So he founded a Buddhist mission, to teach 'em their own religion.”
― Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
― Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley

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