Bonnie

“Death had come in the night. And stripped bare everyone and everything but him.”
― Robert R. McCammon, Blue World

“I'm overwhelmed by the thought of all the women who would pour out of me if I were cracked open: swarming like insects, bubbling up out of my mouth. The women who have collected inside me over the years, filling up my insides until there's no room left for me.”
― Sara Flannery Murphy, The Possessions

“A person should read a book because it speaks to something in his heart.”
― Julia Quinn, The Other Miss Bridgerton

“The Release

In those last moments before
the platter of salt and dirt
lay on his stomach, wax-light
had waved across a mute heart,
his son waited by the bed.
Raised to believe the soul left
the body with its last breath,
he listened for death's rattle,
then pressed his lips like a kiss
to his father's lips, and took
into his mouth the breath that
had given him breath, a life
distilled to one stir of air
soft as moth wings against palms,
held a moment, then let go.”
― Ron Rash, Raising the Dead