Loss could be used as a measure of beauty in a woman.
("The Lovely Bones")
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At the tips of the feathers there is air and at their base: blood. I hold up bones; I wish like broken glass they could court light… still I try to place these pieces back together, to set them firm, to make murdered girls live again.
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I wish you all a long and happy life.
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