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“The sky strikes the sea in the distance with daggers of lightning, plunging deep and fast and hard. The sea roils, taking the pain, accepting it, welcoming it. And I wonder for a moment if maybe the sea was never as wicked as I've been told, either. Maybe it's spent eternity believing it deserves the pain. Maybe it loved the sky too much to ask why.”

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Book:Den of Liars
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