It wasn't awful to be dead. The stillness would almost be a relief. Sh…

Janet Fitch
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It wasn't awful to be dead. The stillness would almost be a relief. She wouldn't want pain, she wouldn't want to be wounded or mutilated. She could never shoot herself or jump off a building. But being dead wasn't unthinkable. ✨ Janet Fitch (2013). Paint It Black, p.106, Hachette UK
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