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“Now the sun touched the horizon and the man reined in his horse tiredly, glad that the time for prayer had come.”
“The more I know, the more sure I am I know so little. The eternal paradox.”
“What are clouds, but an excuse for the sky? What is life, but an escape from death?”
“It is a very pretty flag. … I wish I could have a piece of it. I know! If it's so important, I think we should all have a piece of it. Don't you? … Now we should decide — who should be allowed to cut the first piece off!”
“I'm going to pray to our leader every time!”
“Changi for me — of course it's easy to be wise after the event, and to discuss it cleverly after the event — was about as near as you can get to being dead and still be alive.”
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King Rat is an urban fantasy novel by British writer China Miéville, published in 1998. Unlike his Bas-Lag novels, it is set in London during the late 1990s. It follows the life of Saul Garamond after the death of his father and his meeting with King Rat. As King Rat takes Saul under his wing, the young man is quickly embroiled in a centuries-old rivalry. King Rat was Miéville's debut novel.