We couldn't imagine the emptiness of a creature who put a razor to her wrists and opened her veins, the emptiness and the calm. (Jeffrey Eugenides)

We couldn't imagine the emptiness of a creature who put a razor to her wrists and opened her veins, the emptiness and the calm.

Jeffrey Eugenides

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