But he stays by the window, remembering that life. They had laughed. T…

Raymond Carver
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But he stays by the window, remembering that life. They had laughed. They had leaned on each other and laughed until the tears had come, while everything else—the cold and where he'd go in it—was outside, for a while anyway. ✨ Raymond Carver (2015). Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories, p.179, Vintage
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