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We fly we dream in darkness we devour heaven in bites too small to be measured.

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Rebecca Solnit
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 26
Art Historian
Author
Environmentalist
Journalist
Writer
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Measured
Bites
Darkness
Small
Heaven
Dream
Devour

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