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They looked at each other. They weren't thinking anymore. The time for that had come and gone. Smashed smiles lay ahead of them. But that would be later. Lay Ter.
They looked at each other. They weren't thinking anymore. The time for that had come and gone. Smashed smiles lay ahead of them. But that would be later. Lay Ter.
Approximate author period: c. 1961 AD · modern
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- Arundhati Roy
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- Approximate author period: c. 1961 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1961; activity date not established; Wikidata Q212801, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212801 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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