by
Dave Eggers
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[...] The last horse I'd been on had bitten me constantly. This one just thrust his head rhythmically at the future.
just a cool phrase
[...] The last horse I'd been on had bitten me constantly. This one just thrust his head rhythmically at the future.
just a cool phrase
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I wanted to know that I wouldn't die like a bug, I said.
Sorry, he said. These men died, were embalmed, and have been stolen. People sold them again and again. Their every effect, their bones, were traded for gold. You'll be no better off.
[...]
If these kings believed, why would they hide themselves in these plain boxes under these heavy stones?
Ah, but they didn't believe, he said.
I wanted to know that I wouldn't die like a bug, I said.
Sorry, he said. These men died, were embalmed, and have been stolen. People sold them again and again. Their every effect, their bones, were traded for gold. You'll be no better off.
[...]
If these kings believed, why would they hide themselves in these plain boxes under these heavy stones?
Ah, but they didn't believe, he said.