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“Household hollowness comes around in irregular cycles, like meteor showers. But the true sign of a bad patch is that it never feels temporary or fixable. It has a shudder of the inevitable to it. The thought crosses your mind that when love goes it goes all at once, and forever.”

Quote by Marni Jackson

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Marni Jackson, born in 1947, is an enigmatic figure with an unknown profession and category. more

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