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As she watched him she understood the quality of his beauty. How his labor had shaped him. How the wood he fashioned had fashioned him. Each plank he planed, each nail he drove, each thing he made molded him. Had left its stamp on him. Had given him his strength, his supple grace.

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Arundhati Roy
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: September 24
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Suzanna Arundhati Roy
Beauty
Nails
Molded
Quality
Wood
Supple
Given
Watched
Nail
Left
Woods
Stamp
Thing
Labor
Drove
Made
Understood
Stamps
Strength
Fashioned
Grace
Shaped
Plank

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