But in the night he woke and held her tight as though she were all of …

Ernest Hemingway
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But in the night he woke and held her tight as though she were all of life and it was being taken from him. He held her feeling she was all of life there was and it was true. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2014). For Whom the Bell Tolls, p.290, Simon and Schuster
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But in the night he woke and held her tight as though she were all of life and it was being taken from him. He held her feeling she was all of life there was and it was true. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2014). For Whom the Bell Tolls, p.290, Simon and Schuster

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