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The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate

The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
Ted Chiang

"The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" is a fantasy novelette by American writer Ted Chiang, originally published in 2007 by Subterranean Press and reprinted in the September 2007 issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction. In 2019, the novelette was included in the collection of short stories Exhalation: Stories.

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“Four things do not come back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.”

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“Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough.”

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