She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.

J.d. Salinger
She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except...
She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except...
She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except...
She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except...
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A beautiful line from a song, written by Jackson Browne. It was a beautiful sentence to say the least.

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