... the decades looked on and didn't notice her passing. They stared f…

Gregory Maguire
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... the decades looked on and didn't notice her passing. They stared from their fixed mounts across at each other and didn't see revolution striding between them, on her way to destiny. ✨ Gregory Maguire (2011). Wicked, p.235, Hachette UK
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... the decades looked on and didn't notice her passing. They stared from their fixed mounts across at each other and didn't see revolution striding between them, on her way to destiny. ✨ Gregory Maguire (2011). Wicked, p.235, Hachette UK

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