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And the stars: the sky gets crowded at night, and it is a bit like watching a clock, seeing the constellations slide across the sky. It__ comforting to know that they__l show up, however bad the day has been, however crook things get. That used to help in France. It put things into perspective__he stars had been around since before there were people. They just kept shining, no matter what was going on. I think of the light here like that, like a splinter of a star that__ fallen to earth: it just shines, no matter what is happening. Summer, winter, storm, fine weather. People can rely on it.
M.L. Stedman The Light Between Oceans
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And the stars: the sky gets crowded at night, and it is a bit like watching a clock, seeing the constellations slide across the sky. It__ comforting to know that they__l show up, however bad the day has been, however crook things get. That used to help in France. It put things into perspective__he stars had been around since before there were people. They just kept shining, no matter what was going on. I think of the light here like that, like a splinter of a star that__ fallen to earth: it just shines, no matter what is happening. Summer, winter, storm, fine weather. People can rely on it.
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The Light Between Oceans

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