They gave themselves up to the stars the way swimmers can surrender to…

Mark Helprin
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They gave themselves up to the stars the way swimmers can surrender to the waves, and the stars took them without resistance. ✨ Mark Helprin (1983). Winter's Tale, p.577, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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They gave themselves up to the stars the way swimmers can surrender to the waves, and the stars took them without resistance. ✨ Mark Helprin (1983). Winter's Tale, p.577, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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