Dead isn’t angels or ghosts. It’s a physical state of breakdown, a cha…

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Dead isn’t angels or ghosts. It’s a physical state of breakdown, a change in all those carbon atoms that create the temporary house of a body so that they can return to their most elemental stage. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2012). The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules, p.1073, Simon and Schuster
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