Charles de Lint (1951) author
“Waifs and Strays”, p. 25
The Ivory and the Horn (1996)
“Inside ourselves there lies the root of good:
the heart outweighs all talents on this earth.”
Source: The Tale of Kiều (1813), Lines 3251–3252
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