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granite

(n): plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz
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5 months ago chained_bear said:

HA HA HA HA!!

Or as O'Brian writes, "Oh, ha, ha, ha!"

5 months ago reesetee said:

Sionnach, are you still doing your taxes? ;-)

5 months ago sionnach said:

The Quiet Girl: come for the story, stay for the riveting roadway descriptions and the extensive collection of jaded similes!

5 months ago bilby said:

"The road where they were parked was newly paved and straight as an arrow. The asphalt had a deep lustre, like a dull black pearl. Toward the north, out toward the Sound, mixed-use buildings had been constructed. Expensive, timeless, in glass and granite, like seven-storey gravestones."
- 'The Quiet Girl', Peter Høeg.

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