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Gnomic Utterances. These are traditional, and are set at the head of each section of the Guidebook. The reason for them is lost in the mists of History. They are culled by the Management from a mighty collection of wise sayings probably compiled by a SAGE—probably called Ka’a Orto’o—some centuries before the Tour begins. The Rule is that no Utterance has anything whatsoever to do with the section it precedes. Nor, of course, has it anything to do with Gnomes.
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Date: 2008-04-29 05:20 pm (UTC)It's a tough balance, though. Honing an artistic craft is tough, thankless work -- unless, of course, you're getting thanked for it. Publication can be just the encouragement someone needs to keep working at something. That's a difference in temperament, I think.