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I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.

— Ovid

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Happy birthday, Alexander," Magnus murmured. | "Thanks for remembering," Alec whispered back. | Cassandra Clare | And I rose | In rainy autumn | And walked abroad in a shower of all my days.

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