And in some of the houses, people were getting old and sick and were dying, leaving others to grieve. It was happening all the time, unnoticed, and it was the thing that really mattered. What really mattered in life, what gave it weight, was death.
Jeffrey Eugenidesno reason to mention my peculiarities, my wandering in the maze these many years, shut away from sight. and from love, too.
Jeffrey EugenidesTheir desire was silent yet magnificent, like a thousand daisies attuning their faces toward the path of the sun.
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