Decay and disease are often beautiful, like the pearly tear of the shellfish and the hectic glow of consumption. (Henry David Thoreau)

Decay and disease are often beautiful, like the pearly tear of the shellfish and the hectic glow of consumption.

Henry David Thoreau

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