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01Undated

Dreams of success often get in the way of actual success.

Felix Long / quote

02Undated

Writers are highly resistant to reality. Just as well or the human condition would go undocumented.

Felix Long / quote

03Undated

A jewelled garden the envy of Aladdin's cave spilled across the courtyard.

Felix Long / quote

04Undated

Jin looked both ways for the Quicksilver Dragon before crossing the canal.

Felix Long / quote

05Undated

The two old men were as still as the stone bench on which they sat, as though their lengthy communion with the element had turned them into statues.

Felix Long / quote

06Undated

His shout was a syllable so ancient and powerful that Saffiyah's mind instantly censored it.

Felix Long / quote

07Undated

How is something authorised as 'feng shui compliant' he wondered. Is there a Chinese Ministry of Magic?

Felix Long / quote

08Undated

The two seasons; deepest winter from above and nascent spring from below, created a juxtaposition that drew the scene into the land of legend sitting only a heartbeat away behind a translucent river of time.

Felix Long / quote