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ibrahim al-koni
than any other.”
“The Spirit World does not
offer us its wisdom gratis. The
Spirit World has given it to us
on the understanding that we
will pay the full retail price.”
“But that ’s the cruelest
possible price.”
“We should trust no one.”
“Tribes customarily teach
this lesson to their children
without understanding it.”
“The phrase is brief, as you
observed, but exposes our life
to danger if we understand it
too late.”
“I don’t understand wisdom’s
utility when understanding it
too late is a precondition for
it.”
“True wisdom is only
understood after it is too
late.”
“This is what’s worst about
the matter. This is what ’s
worst about wisdom.”
“But let’s drop the question
of wisdom and search for the
cure.”
“The truth is that my only
reason for approaching the
sanctuary has been to search
for a cure.”
“My tongue may possibly
reveal something that
embarrasses me.”
“I will give my lady everything
I possess if my lady will show
me the sun’s disc.”
“My tongue may possibly
reveal something that
embarrasses me.”
“I will give my lady everything.
I will give her even the title
‘hero,’ which became part of
me, if my lady can showme the
sun for a single day, a single
hour, or a single instant.”