There is a certain seductiveness about dead things. You can ill treat, alter and recolour what's dead. It won't complain. (Jeanette Winterson)

There is a certain seductiveness about dead things. You can ill treat, alter and recolour what's dead. It won't complain.

Jeanette Winterson

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