Physical Presence Quotes

“I am pressing my palm gently against the coraline limestone.
It feels warm against my skin, alerting me to
my own physical presence in this moment.
My body exists right here, right now.

I feel the rare, radiant rays of the sun,
warming my neck and back.
Steady the light is, not fading away this time.”
― Susan L. Marshall, All the Hope We Carry

“She was momentarily stunned by the vitality of him - the signs of life in every clench of muscle, every shift that made his bones move under his skin.”
― Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning