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Strange: How When A Light Is Extinguished, It's Immediately As If It Has Never Been. Darkness Fills In Again, Complete.
-Joyce Carol Oates
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Strange: How When A Light Is Extinguished,
Joyce Carol Oates
Strange: How When A Light Is Extinguished, It's Immediately As If It Has Never Been. Darkness Fills In Again, Complete.
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