She held the needle to the light. It was a wonder how something sharp came down to nothing like that. She… — Tim Winton
She held the needle to the light. It was a wonder how something sharp came down to nothing like that. She looked through the needle's eye. So that's the Kingdom of Heaven, she thought. So that's all there was.
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