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In the end, it wasn't death that surprised her but the stubbornness of life.
— Jeffrey Eugenides
In the end, it wasn't death that surprised her but the stubbornness of life.
O Earth, lie heavily upon her eyes;
O Earth, lie heavily upon her eyes;
The last thing the hockey ball symbolized was Time itself, the unstoppability of it, the way we're chained to our bodies, which are chained to Time.
It was amazing how it worked: the tiniest bit of truth made credible the greatest lies.
