That doesn't happen, she explained. Stars fall. They don't go back up …

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That doesn't happen, she explained. Stars fall. They don't go back up again. You could be the first, he told her. ✨ Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust #4, Vertigo
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