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AT THE HEIGHT of the long wet summer of the Seventy-seventh Year of Sendovani, the Thiefmaker of Camorr paid a sudden and unannounced visit to the Eyeless Priest at the Temple of Perelandro, desperately hoping to sell him the Lamora boy.
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch
So just to do something without any particular effort is enough. When you make some special effort to achieve something, some excessive quality, some extra element is involved in it. You should get rid of excessive things. If your practice is good, without being aware of it you will become proud of your practice. That pride is extra. What you do is good, but something more is added to it. So you should get rid of that something which is extra. This point is very, very important, but usually we are not subtle enough to realize it, and we go in the wrong direction.
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Shunryu Suzuki
Jason stepped into that space. The two looked at each other in a calm bizarre amidst the fury going on around it. “Here we are.” Jason said. “I’m just telling you now, so you don’t say you weren’t warned: this time, I brought pants.”
He Who Fights With Monsters 3
Shirtaloon
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