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He prayed as he breathed, forming no words and making no specific requests, only holding his heart, like broken birds in cupped hands,
He prayed as he breathed, forming no words and making no specific requests, only holding his heart, like broken birds in cupped hands,
Approximate author period: c. 1954 AD · modern
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- Ellis Peters
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- Approximate author period: c. 1954 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Edith Pargeter: life dates 1913 to 1995. Wikidata Q237235, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237235 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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