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The night that seemed endless hours before is now slipping through your fingers, ticking by as it falls into the past and pushes you towards the future.

Erin Morgenstern

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Erin Morgenstern
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 8
Novelist
Writer
Slipping
Fall
Falls
Night
Endless
Past
Fingers
Seemed
Towards
Ticking
Hours
Pushes
Future

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