And I look at her sitting there and she looks across the river and we …

Patrick Ness
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And I look at her sitting there and she looks across the river and we wait as the dawn fully arrives, each of us knowing. Each of us knowing the other. ✨ Patrick Ness (2008). The Knife of Never Letting Go, Candlewick Press (MA)
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And I look at her sitting there and she looks across the river and we wait as the dawn fully arrives, each of us knowing. Each of us knowing the other. ✨ Patrick Ness (2008). The Knife of Never Letting Go, Candlewick Press (MA)

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