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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
Falling
Two
Ends
Eventually
Around
Leaves
Things
Dying
Tightly
Love
Realize
Autumn
Like
Realizing
Holds
World
Small
Holding
Fall

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