Blackness Quote by Neil Gaiman

“This was the void. Not blackness, not nothingness. This was…” quote by Neil Gaiman — Download Open image

“This was the void. Not blackness, not nothingness. This was what lay beneath the thinly painted scrim of reality.”

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