I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars. ✨ Raymond Chand…

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I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2002). The Long Goodbye: A Novel, p.252, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
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I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2002). The Long Goodbye: A Novel, p.252, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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