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Music made her feel as if she were holding a lamp that cast a halo of light around her, and while she knew there were people and responsibilities in the darkness beyond it, she couldn't see them. The flame of what she felt when she played made her deliciously blind.
Music made her feel as if she were holding a lamp that cast a halo of light around her, and while she knew there were people and responsibilities in the darkness beyond it, she couldn't see them. The flame of what she felt when she played made her deliciously blind.
Approximate author period: c. 1977 AD · modern
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- Marie Rutkoski
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- Approximate author period: c. 1977 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Marie Rutkoski: documented birth year 1977; activity date not established. Wikidata Q6763012, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6763012 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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