And when I fall in love,” I began, "I will build a mountain to touch the sky. Then, my lover and I will have the best of both worlds, reality firmly under our feet, while we have our heads in the clouds with all our illusions still intact. And the purple grass will grow all around, high enough to reach our eyes.
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V.C. Andrews was a 20th-century American novelist. Cleo Virginia Andrews, better known as Virginia C. Andrews or V. Read more on Wikipedia →

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