...'I thought the rule was that all monks were shaved.' 'Oh, Soto says…

Terry Pratchett
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...'I thought the rule was that all monks were shaved.' 'Oh, Soto says he is bald under the hair,'said Lu Tze. 'He says the hair is a separate creature that just happens to live on him. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). Thief Of Time: (Discworld Novel 26), p.60, Random House
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...'I thought the rule was that all monks were shaved.' 'Oh, Soto says he is bald under the hair,'said Lu Tze. 'He says the hair is a separate creature that just happens to live on him. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). Thief Of Time: (Discworld Novel 26), p.60, Random House

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