…and there, in the background, the sky’s sediment had sunk to a place …

David Mitchell
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…and there, in the background, the sky’s sediment had sunk to a place where all the woe of the words ‘I am’ dissolved into blue peace. He said it. ‘The ocean. ✨ David Mitchell (2008). Cloud Atlas, p.336, Hachette UK
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…and there, in the background, the sky’s sediment had sunk to a place where all the woe of the words ‘I am’ dissolved into blue peace. He said it. ‘The ocean. ✨ David Mitchell (2008). Cloud Atlas, p.336, Hachette UK

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