He felt his smile slide away, melt, fold over and down on itself like …

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He felt his smile slide away, melt, fold over and down on itself like a tallow skin, like the stuff of a fantastic candle burning too long and now collapsing and now blown out. ✨ Ray Bradbury (2016). Fahrenheit 451, p.5, Hamilton Books
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He felt his smile slide away, melt, fold over and down on itself like a tallow skin, like the stuff of a fantastic candle burning too long and now collapsing and now blown out. ✨ Ray Bradbury (2016). Fahrenheit 451, p.5, Hamilton Books

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