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Jack Vance

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Cease the bickering! I am indulging the exotic whims of a beautiful princess and must not be distracted.
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Chapter 1, "The Overworld"

 
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We need our highest judicial body to stop this childish bickering and get back to debating the kinds of weighty constitutional issues that have absorbed the court in recent years, such as whether a city can legally force an exotic dancer to cover her entire nipple, or just the part that pokes out.

 
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Princess, my little Princess,
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Princess: I am always disappointed with mountains. There are no mountains in the world as high as I could wish.
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Princess: They irritate me invariably. I should like to shake Switzerland.

 
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