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Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins Quotes: All the birds who were never born, all the songs that were never sung and so can only exist in the imagination.And this one is Teddy's.
         

All the birds who were never born, all the songs that were never sung and so can only exist in the imagination.And this one is Teddy's.


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All the birds who were never born, all the songs that were never sung and so can only exist in the imagination.And this one is Teddy's.
         



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