“It was in their friendship they just wanted to run forever, shadow and shadow.”
Source: Something Wicked This Way Comes
“Men throw huge shadows on the lawn, don't they? Then, all their lives, they try to run to fit the shadows. But the shadows are always longer.”
Source: I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories
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