She knew words no one had ever heard of, and she used words every day that had been mainly dead or sleeping for hundreds of years. (Mark Helprin)

She knew words no one had ever heard of, and she used words every day that had been mainly dead or sleeping for hundreds of years.

Mark Helprin

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