Slice a pear and you will find that its flesh is incandescent white. I…

Yann Martel
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Slice a pear and you will find that its flesh is incandescent white. It glows with inner light. Those who carry a knife and a pear are never afraid of the dark. ✨ Yann Martel (2010). Beatrice & Virgil, p.50, Knopf Canada
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Slice a pear and you will find that its flesh is incandescent white. It glows with inner light. Those who carry a knife and a pear are never afraid of the dark. ✨ Yann Martel (2010). Beatrice & Virgil, p.50, Knopf Canada

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