I imagined my soul taking in these words like silicated water in the P…

Janet Fitch
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I imagined my soul taking in these words like silicated water in the Petrified Forest, turning my wood to patterned agate. I liked it when my mother shaped me this way. I thought clay must feel happy in the good potter's hand. ✨ Janet Fitch (2002). White Oleander, Large Print Press
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I imagined my soul taking in these words like silicated water in the Petrified Forest, turning my wood to patterned agate. I liked it when my mother shaped me this way. I thought clay must feel happy in the good potter's hand. ✨ Janet Fitch (2002). White Oleander, Large Print Press

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