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Eventually I realize that I am holding on to him just as tightly as he holds on to me. And here we are: two small dying things, as the world ends around us like falling autumn leaves.

Lauren DeStefano

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
Author
Novelist
Connecticut
United States
Things
Dying
Love
Realize
Tightly
Like
Realizing
Autumn
World
Small
Holds
Fall
Holding
Two
Falling
Ends
Eventually
Around
Leaves

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