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You thought standing in his shadow was cold while he was alive, but standing in the shadow of his martyrdom is colder, isn't it?
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Nicki Pau Preto (Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1))
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Once the fire has leapt upon its fuel and we are sitting round it with our marshmallows skewered on sharpened sticks and out beyond the veil of the border of glimmer and darkness among the marsh mallows at the swamp’s edge some frogs boom a humble love made solemnly and briefly in cold and darkness, the fire will not die.
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A.F. Moritz (As Far As You Know)