Shaun Herold > Quotes

“As the world outside his window comes into bloom--peonies unfurling and bursting to life, Asher curls back inside himself. Like a flower blooming in reverse--petals folding in.”
― Shaun Herold, Sculpted as the Earth

“I'm here because I wanted to make my pain predictable."
"Did it work?" he asks.”
― Shaun Herold, Sculpted as the Earth

“Caleb watches Asher slowly circle the pond, still tracing the ice with his fingers. He stops him once he’s come all the way back around to him. Taking off one glove, Caleb holds Asher’s bare hand in his own. Asher puts his mittened hand on top of Caleb’s and Caleb puts his gloved hand on the other side of Asher’s. When Caleb breathes out, Asher breathes in. They watch one breath, pass between them, eyes locked, their lips moving closer and closer.”
― Shaun Herold, Sculpted as the Earth

“I'm here because I wanted to make my pain predictable."
"Did it work?" he asks”
― Shaun Herold, Sculpted as the Earth

“Rory walks the tarlines that seep up through the cracks in the concrete like balance beams. The air just above the black lines hangs hot and heavy, blurring everything they touch like a censored face in a photograph. She can hardly see her tiny toes, wincing as they drop down after her heels on the hot path. If it weren't for the pain, she may have believed that she left her feet, along with her lavender canvas sneakers and thinning polka dot socks, in the parched grass behind her. She can imagine them there, sitting and watching her like spectators among the dandelions. Only her pain reminds her that her feet are still beneath her. She clenches her teeth as her feet turn pale pink then red like the grates on a stovetop. Then, all at once, she feels nothing.”
― Shaun Herold, Sculpted as the Earth

“It feels like being in a room with no doors, and only windows, looking out.”
― Shaun Herold, Sculpted as the Earth