As she watched him she understood the quality of his beauty. How his l…

Arundhati Roy
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As she watched him she understood the quality of his beauty. How his labor had shaped him. How the wood he fashioned had fashioned him. Each plank he planed, each nail he drove, each thing he made molded him. Had left its stamp on him. Had given him his strength, his supple grace. ✨ Arundhati Roy (2002). The God of Small Things, p.334, Penguin Books India
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