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And with a last stardrop, a last circle, I arrive, and she's there, chemical wonder in her eyes.

Mohsin Hamid

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Mohsin Hamid
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: July 23
Novelist
Writer
Chemicals
Circle
Circles
Wonder
Eyes
Lasts
Last
Chemical
Eye
Arrive

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