"He raged for hours. And the skeleton, ever……" — Ray Bradbury
"He raged for hours. And the skeleton, ever the frail and solelmn philosopher, hung quietly inside, saying not a word, suspended like a delicate insect within a chrysalis, waiting and waiting."
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Ray Bradbury
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