The pearls weren't really white, they were a warm oyster beige, with l…

Janet Fitch
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The pearls weren't really white, they were a warm oyster beige, with little knots in between so if they broke, you only lost one. I wished my life could be like that, knotted up so that even if something broke, the whole thing wouldn't come apart. ✨ Janet Fitch (2002). White Oleander, Large Print Press
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