There once was a girl who found herself dead. She peered over the ledge of heaven and saw that back on earth her sister missed her too much, was way too sad, so she crossed some paths that would not have crossed, took some moments in her hand shook them up and spilled them like dice over the living world. It worked. The boy with the guitar collided with her sister. There you go, Len, she whispered. The rest is up to you. β¨ Jandy Nelson (2010). The Sky Is Everywhere, p.129, Penguin
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